Il faut oser inventer l'avenir.
“We must dare to invent the future.”
True progress requires the courage to break from old patterns and imagine bold new possibilities rather than wait for them.
— Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso
Source: Thomas Sankara, interview with Jean-Philippe Rapp (1985), published as 'Oser inventer l'avenir' and excerpted in Thomas Sankara Speaks (Pathfinder Press, 1988)
More Proverbs from Burkina Faso
If you haven't been to two marketplaces, you don't know which offers the best value.
Comparing options through direct experience reveals true value.
He who speaks does not know that the listener is smart.
A speaker should never underestimate the intelligence of those who are listening.
One hand does not pick up the flour.
Some tasks are impossible to accomplish alone and require the cooperation of others.
After beating milk, butter is obtained.
Sustained effort transforms raw material into something valuable.
Everything has an end, except the banana, which has two.
A gently humorous reminder that, unlike most things, a banana has two visible ends.
Every birth is the rebirth of an ancestor.
A newborn child is seen as carrying forward the spirit and legacy of an ancestor who came before.