In unity, there is strength
Meaning: Individual efforts pale against coordinated action; collective power overcomes obstacles no single person could.
Origin: An old idea illustrated by Aesop's fable of the bundle of sticks. The Dutch Republic's motto, concordia res parvae crescunt, said that small things grow through concord, and Belgium adopted l'union fait la force — unity makes strength — as its national motto after 1830.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- It is a wise child that knows his own father — A version, “it is a wise father that knows his own child” (spelling modernized), is used…
- It's a long road that has no turning — The current situation is bound to change eventually.
- It's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission — Acting boldly without approval often succeeds, while seeking permission invites rejection…
- I want doesn't get — Wanting alone accomplishes nothing; action and effort are required to achieve your desire…
- Knee-high by the Fourth of July — Corn must reach substantial height by mid-summer to mature fully before autumn frost arri…
- Let George do it — Shirking responsibility by assuming someone else will handle the task instead.
From our tongue twisters
- Strč prst skrz krk. — Four words, zero vowels — the most concentrated consonant cluster challenge in any Europe…
- Red lorry, yellow lorry. — The 'l/r' alternation drill — deceptively short, yet almost impossible to say fast withou…
- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? — A 'w/ch/ck' drill that accelerates comically — and nobody really knows the answer.