Dobra nema gdje ljudi nema.
“There is no good where there are no people.”
Goodness and wellbeing only exist through community — people need one another to thrive.
— Traditional Montenegro Wisdom, Montenegro
Source: Traditional Montenegrin proverb, public-domain oral tradition (recorded in Wikiquote, Crnogorske poslovice)
More Proverbs from Montenegro
Let the struggle be unceasing, let there be what cannot be!
A call to relentless, defiant struggle against overwhelming odds — spoken as a rallying cry for resistance.
Blessed is he who lives on forever, for he had reason to be born.
A life is only truly worth living if it leaves something lasting behind — immortality is earned through honorable deeds, not mere survival.
It is not bright weapons that win the battle, but the hero's heart.
Courage and inner resolve matter more than material strength or equipment when facing hardship.
Heroism is defending yourself from another; humanity is defending another from yourself.
True honor is not only personal courage but restraint and compassion toward others, even one's enemies.
Over there, over there... beyond those hills.
A yearning call toward a distant homeland or unfulfilled cause, expressing longing and patriotic devotion.
Tree leans on tree, and man leans on man.
People depend on one another for support, just as trees in a forest shelter each other.