Hya thebanem!
“The future is before you — do not turn back.”
Face forward and keep moving toward what is ahead rather than dwelling on what is behind.
— Traditional New Caledonia Wisdom, New Caledonia
Source: Traditional Jawé (Kanak) proverb attributed to informant Tarou Loulou, collected by Wedja Camoui — Académie des Langues Kanak (ALK) corpus, 2013, public-domain oral tradition
More Proverbs from New Caledonia
Do not reject the words of the elders.
The counsel of elders carries hard-won experience and should never be dismissed by the young.
The bourao leaf is carried off by the current, not knowing where it goes.
A person without direction or purpose drifts through life at the mercy of circumstance, just like a leaf swept along by water.
The best defense against an enemy is to attack first.
Waiting passively for trouble to arrive is weaker than meeting a threat with decisive action.
Rid yourself of shame and timidity, and accomplish your will.
Excessive shyness or self-doubt holds people back; real progress requires the courage to act.
Think before you act.
Careful reflection before a decision prevents the regret that follows a hasty one.
With no bag of lobsters and no bag of urchins either, he ends up with his finger bitten by a moray eel.
Chasing too many opportunities at once, without settling on one, often leaves a person with nothing but harm to show for it.