Ici twate sembe mutima.
“It is the heart that fells a great tree; the axe is only its instrument.”
Courage and will matter more than the tools at hand; without resolve, even the best equipment accomplishes nothing.
— Traditional Zambia Wisdom, Zambia
Source: Traditional Zambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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