إذا الشعب يوما أراد الحياة فلا بد أن يستجيب القدر
“If, one day, the people wills to live, then destiny must surely respond.”
When a people truly commit themselves to demanding freedom and life, fate itself will bend to their will.
— Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi, Tunisia
Source: Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi, "Iradat al-Hayat" (The Will to Life), from Aghani al-Hayat (1955); opening lines incorporated into the Tunisian national anthem "Humat al-Hima"
More Proverbs from Tunisia
Patience is the key to relief.
Enduring hardship with patience eventually leads to a way out.
He who digs a pit for his brother falls into it himself.
Plotting harm against others often backfires on the one who plots it.
One hand alone does not clap.
Cooperation is needed to accomplish what a single person cannot do alone.
Every dog is a lion in his own home.
People act bold and confident on their own familiar ground.
Give the bread to its baker, even if he eats half of it.
Trust a task to the person who truly knows the craft, even if it costs you something.
What has passed is gone; do not dwell on it.
Let go of the past instead of dwelling on what cannot be changed.