sticks in a bundle are unbreakable

English

Alternative forms

• a stick in a bundle is unbreakable
• a stick in a bundle can't be broken
• sticks in a bundle can't be broken
• you can't break a stick in a bundle
• you can't break sticks in a bundle

Proverb

sticks in a bundle are unbreakable

1. A group of cooperating people can succeed in a situation where an individual person cannot.
   • 2013, “The Father, His Sons, and The Bundle of Sticks”, in Fables of Aesop, retrieved 21 May 2017:

     Sticks in a bundle can’t be broken but sticks taken singly can be easily broken. Same applies to people.

   • 2014 August 17, Morgana West, “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable”, in Glaston Centre, UK, retrieved 13 May 2017:

     Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. So says the inspirational Kenyan proverb extolling the power of Unity.

   • 2016 April 7, “Sticks In A Bundle Can't Be Broken: There is Strength in Numbers”, in SylRenner.com, retrieved 13 May 2017:

     The children learn that there is a whole lot more that they can do together. . . . [W]hen you join together, like sticks in a bundle, you are much stronger.

   • 2016, Simon Pegg et al., Star Trek Beyond, approx 110 min.:

     Scotty: My wee granny used to say, "Ya cannae break a stick in a bundle."

See also

• there is strength in numbers
• united we stand, divided we fall
• unity is strength
• fasces