Setswana Quotes About Life

Botshelo ke loeto, e seng bonno.

English: Life is a journey, not a dwelling place.

Letsatsi lengwe le lengwe le tla le dithuto tsa lone.

English: Each and every day comes with its own lessons.

Yo o sa tsamayeng o bona mmu fela mo legaeng la gagwe.

English: One who does not travel sees only the soil of their own home.

Botshelo bo a fapaana, jaaka tsela e na le matlhakore.

English: Life turns this way and that, just as a road has its sides.

Pula e na morago ga loapi lo lefifi.

English: The rain falls after the sky has gone dark.

Lefoko le le builweng ga le boe, jaaka letsatsi le le phirimileng.

English: A spoken word does not return, just like the sun that has set.

Re ithuta go tshela ka go tshela.

English: We learn to live by living.

Yo o jeleng nama o tla loma le marapo.

English: One who has eaten the meat must also gnaw the bones.

Letsatsi ga le tlhabe ka tsela e le tshositseng ka yone.

English: The sun does not rise the way it set.

Botshelo bo botoka fa o bo aroganya le ba bangwe.

English: Life is better when you share it with others.