“If you keep your bush knife sharp, you will clear yourself a bigger plantation.”
Staying motivated and keeping your tools and skills ready leads to greater reward — steady effort expands what you can achieve.
— Traditional Niue Wisdom, Niue
Source: Traditional Niuean proverb, recorded in Niue Language Week cultural materials (New Zealand Ministry for Pacific Peoples) and cited in contemporary reporting on Niuean life, public-domain oral tradition