Unrelieved self-denial

Yede ayaase na ehyen aben
To wit: 'One cannot blow a horn on an empty stomach'

This means charity begins at home but an individual who  far organised effort in this direction lacks momentum and its results are paltry

Little by little

If the herd that went out to graze has not come back from the fields, we do not allow other herds to go out -Akan Proverb

Fellow-feeling

"Nea wo yonko de ye wo a erenye wo de no, mfa nye no". An Akan Proverb.

 To wit: Do not do onto others what you would not that they do onto you"
This literally means that what you would not find acceptable if it were done to you by another, do not do to anyone.

Lacking Fellow-feeling

Sɛ ɛtua wo yonko ho a, wose ɛtua dua mu”. An Akan Proverb.

 To wit: "Sticking into your neighbour's flesh, it might just as well be sticking into a piece of wood" 

That is to describe a person whose conduct betrays obliviousness to the interest of others. Whatever affects your friend means nothing to you.This means when someone else is affected by a situation, you sarcastically presume it is a tree that is affected.

Heroes

"A nation that does not honour its heroes is not worth dying for" 

Harnessing Talent

"ɔba nyansafo na ɔdi nkesua a ɔbɔ kaseɛ mu". Akan Proverb

To wit: "It is only the wise who breaks bones while eating eggs".
Insightful and visionary people always seek to find means of investing even in difficult times. We need to use whatever "talent" God has given us. It might be money or ability. If we use it wisely, He will increase it, call it what you will; employee value proposition [EVP], etc. 
You can relate this to the parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30.  

Overlooking things within promixity

"Familiarity breeds contempt".

That is when people know your background, they find it difficult to accept you when they see how high you have risen.