Hawaiian Sayings And Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“I mua e na poki’i a inu i ka wai ‘awa’awa, ‘a’ohe hope e ho’i mai ai= Move forward brothers and drink of the bitter water, no shall return/go back. (Move forward, persist)”
– Hawaiian Saying

“Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here. ”
– Dan Qualye

“I’ve always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place like Hawaii or the tropics and be stressed about catching waves.”
– Shaun White

“If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas. ”
– Ricky Williams

“Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace. ”
– Paul Theroux

“That’s a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from Hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time.”
– Dwayne Johnson

“I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell – but then I can never bring myself to sell them.”
– Trey Parker

“I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii. ”
– Robert Kiyosaki

“You know, I think there was a point in time when people didn’t really understand how birth certificates were kept in the state of Hawaii, and now, I think that it’s been pretty much disclosed that they used to have a long form and now they don’t have a long form. Arizona used to have a long form, we now have a short form. ”
– Jan Brewer

“Ua Ola Ae Nei Loko I Ko Aloha. (Life is once more alive within me for my love of you.)”
– Hawaiian Saying

“Wau Me Oe Kealoha A O Oe Kealoha. (I am my beloveds’ and my beloved is mine.)”
– Anonymous

“Pili Olua E, Moku Ka Pawa O Ke Ao. (You two are now one, the darkness is past)”
– Anonymous

“Ko Aloha Makamae E Ipo. (Sweetheart you are so precious.)”
– Anonymous

“I cannot help feeling that the chief end of this meeting is plantation profits, and the prosperity of the counrty, the demands of society, the future of the Hawaiian race only comes secondarily if at all.”
– Sanford B. Dole

“The Hula is the heartbeat of the Hawaiian People.”
– David Kalakaua

“If you don’t have at least a working knowledge of the Hawaiian language… you can’t chant well. You cannot… receive the images of poetry paints for you. It’s like having peas and no pod.”
– Keali’I Reichel

“Cry for the gods, cry for the people/ Cry for the land that was taken away/And then yet you’ll find, Hawai’i. ”
– Mickey Ioane

“The spiritual destiny of Hawaii has been shaped by a Calvinist theory of paternalism enacted by the descendants of the missionaries who had carried it there: a will to do good for unfortunates regardless of what the unfortunates thought about it.”
– Francine du Plessix Gray

“If you play that music with feeling, it brings tears to your eyes. ”
– Raymond Kayne

“Hawaiian music is the roots for the Hawaiian people. It tells the history of where we came from. Not having Hawaiian music in my life would be like losing half of my body— because Hawaiian music helps me to be a better person. ”
– Kevin Brown

“After all, Hawaii is the best land. (O Hawaii no ka aina maikai) ”
– Hawaiian Proverb

“Never turn your back on the ocean. ”
– Hawaiian Saying

“I love Maui so much. I would rather live one day in Maui than one month in New York. ”
– Charles Lindbergh

“It (Maui) is queer country, hard to describe because it varies so—and all the foliage changes—sometimes grass—sometimes cane—sometimes bamboo—there are many waterfalls—masses of rank trees and bushes—all new to me—… always the sea with usually its black rim of lava at the edge.”
– Georgia O’ Keeffe

“The Islands were born in fire, far from human eyes. ”
– Rita Ariyoshi

“The nicest thing about Hawaii is that when we select a beauty queen at the university we don’t have just one beauty queen. We have a Polynesian beauty queen, a Chinese beauty queen, a Japanese beauty queen, a Filipino beauty queen, a Portuguese beauty queen, a Puerto Rico beauty queen, a Negro beauty queen, AND a Caucasian beauty queen. Six, eight beauty queens all in a row. That’s what I like best about Hawaii.”
– Thomas Hamilton

“The hands of the hula dancer are ever going out in gesture, her body swaying and pivoting itself in attitude of expression. Her whole physique is a living and moving picture of feeling, sentiment, and passion.”
– Nathaniel B. Emerson

“As the Hawaiians say, Hele me kahau ‘oli — go with joy. ”
– Gilbert M. Grosvenor

“We are the youth of Hawaii nei. We are the chosen sons and daughters who are bound together by rich traditions. That’s us–Ho’omaka’ika’I ”
– Mahela Rosehill

“When you’re there at sunset or when you see the moonlight on the water, Waikiki is just unbeatable. ”
– Rick Egged

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