Hawaiian culture is rich with wisdom and warmth, captured beautifully in its sayings and proverbs. These quotes carry deep meanings and offer insights into life, love, and nature. They reflect the aloha spirit, fostering a sense of community and respect for the world.
Each quote carries a timeless lesson. Whether it’s about the importance of family, the value of patience, or the beauty of simplicity, these words resonate deeply. Let’s explore some of the best Hawaiian quotes that can inspire and uplift us in our daily lives.
Inspirational Quotes
“Hoʻokahi no laʻa ke aloha, ʻO ia ka mea e paʻa ai.”
“Live your life while the sun is shining.”
“Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono.” — The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
“He aloha kekahi i kekahi.” — Love one another.
“Mahalo ke Akua no keia la.” — Thank God for this day.
“Aʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia.” — No task is too big when done together.
“Hoʻokāhi no ka ʻāina, ua like ke aloha.” — There is but one land, united by love.
“‘A‘ohe lokomaika‘i i nele i ke pāna‘i.” — No kind deed has ever lacked its reward.
“It’s all about the journey, not the destination.”
“Pupukahi i holomua.” — Unite to move forward.
“‘A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho‘okahi.” — Not all knowledge is taught in one school.
“With kindness comes strength.”
“Maui nō ka ‘oi.” — Maui is the best.
“E lawe i ke aʻo a mālama, a e ʻoi mau ka naʻauao.” — He who takes his teachings and applies them increases his knowledge.
“A life of love is a life full of aloha.”
“E mālama pono ‘ia ka ‘āina.” — The land must be cared for.
“Ua ola loko i ke aloha.” — Love gives life within.
“Believe in the power of aloha.”
“Ka lā hiki ola.” — The dawning of a new day.
“E ʻonipaʻa i ka ʻimi naʻauao.” — Be steadfast in the seeking of knowledge.
“Every moment is an opportunity to grow and become better.”
“No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.”
“Hoʻomau ka ʻike.” — Continue the learning.
“Waves of change bring new opportunities.”
“Mālama i ka ‘āina, mālama i ke kanaka.” — Care for the land, care for the people.
“‘A‘ohe hana e pa‘a i ka la‘u ho‘okahi.” — No task is too large when shared by all.
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.”
“Hoʻomanawanui.” — Be patient, be persistent.
“Trust the magic of new beginnings.”
“Kūlia i ka nuʻu.” — Strive for the highest summit.
“Aʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia.” — No task is too big when done together.
Famous Hawaiian Quotes
“Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono.”
“E mālama ʻoe i ka ʻāina, e mālama ka ʻāina iā ʻoe.”
“Aloha kekahi i kekahi.”
“He pūkoʻa kani ʻāina.”
“ʻAʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia.”
“ʻIke no i ka lā o ka ʻike.”
“Hoʻolaʻi nā manu i ke aheahe.”
“He aliʻi ka ʻāina; he kauwā ke kanaka.”
“Aʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau ho’okahi.”
“Pupukahi i holomua.”
“Ua ola loko i ke aloha.”
“Nānā i ke kumu.”
“Kūlia i ka nuʻu.”
“He lawaiʻa no ke kai papaʻu, he pōkole ke aho; he lawaiʻa no ke kai hohonu he loa ke aho.”
“ʻAʻohe ʻulu e loaʻa i ka pōkole o ka lou.”
“He ʻolina leo kā ke aloha.”
“Hoʻokahi ka ʻilau like ana.”
“Mālama i ka ʻāina, mālama ke kanaka nui.”
“E ʻonipaʻa i ka ʻimi naʻauao.”
“Pono ke hana o ka ʻāina.”
“Hoʻokāhi no laʻau lapaʻau, e mālama.”
“Haʻahaʻa ka mea he ʻole.”
“E hoʻi i ka piko.”
“ʻO ka makapo wale nō ka mea hapapa i ka pōuli.”
“Aia nō i ke kō a ke au.”
“ʻAʻohe mea ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ke aloha.”
“ʻO ka pono ke hana ʻia a iho mai na lani.”
“Hoʻokahi no ka pua ke aloha.”
“Kōkua aku kōkua mai.”
“Mahalo no ke kipaku ʻana mai iā mākou.”
“ʻIke aku, ʻike mai.”
“E kūlia i ka lōʻihi.”
Nature Quotes
“The earth has music for those who listen.”
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.”
“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.”
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”
“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.”
“Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.”
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
“The poetry of the earth is never dead.”
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
“Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.”
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
“The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.”
“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.”
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
“Nature is the art of God.”
“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.”
“Colors are the smiles of nature.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.”
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
“Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.”
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.”
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.”
Wisdom Quotes
“Ua ola loko i ke aloha.” – Life is in love.
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
“Huli ka lima i lalo.” – Turn the hands down.
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
“Aloha mai no, aloha aku; o ka huhu ka mea e ola ‘ole ai.” – When love is given, love should be returned; anger is the thing that gives no life.
“The past is a story we tell ourselves.”
“Ho‘okahi no la‘au lapa‘au, o ke aloha.” – Love is the only medicine.
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“‘A‘ohe hana nui ke alu ‘ia.” – No task is too big when done together by all.
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘aina i ka pono.” – The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
“To travel is to live.”
“E lawe i ke a‘o a mālama, a e ‘oi mau ka na‘auao.” – Take what is learned and make it better.
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
“Ho’i hou ke aloha.” – Love returned.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
“Mai ka ho‘oka‘a‘ike mai o ke aloha.” – From the communication of love comes understanding.
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
“‘A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho‘okahi.” – Not all knowledge is learned in one school.
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
“Ike aku, ike mai, kokua aku kokua mai; pela iho la ka nohona ‘ohana.” – Recognize and be recognized, help and be helped; such is family life.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“He ali’i ka ‘āina, he kauwā ke kanaka.” – The land is a chief; man is its servant.
“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”
“Ka lā hiki ola.” – The dawning of a new day.
“E aloha kekahi i kekahi.” – Love one another.
“He pūko’a kani ‘āina.” – A coral reef that grows into an island.
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Ua ola loko i ke aloha.” – Love gives life within.
“Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.”
“He who plants a tree, plants a hope.”
“Pupukahi i holomua.” – Unite to move forward.
Love Quotes
“Ua ola loko i ke aloha.”
“Where there is love, there is life.”
“Aloha mai e, aloha aku; o ka huhu ka mea e ola ‘ole ai.”
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
“Love is like the sea. It’s a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”
“Aloha kekahi i kekahi.”
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
“Aloha wau ia oe.”
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
“In dreams and in love, there are no impossibilities.”
“Aloha is the presence of breath.”
“We loved with a love that was more than love.”
“Hau’oli i ka mea loa’a.”
“True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.”
“The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters.”
“He kehau ho`oma`ema`e ke aloha.”
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
“Love knows no distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.”
“Kūlia i ka nu’u.”
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”
“ʻO ka makapo wale nō ka mea hapapa i ka pouli.”
“When love is not madness, it is not love.”
“A true love story never ends.”
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
“Ka na’auao o ke aloha.”
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.”
“He pua no ka no‘u.”
“The giving of love is an education in itself.”
“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.”
“I ka nānā no a ‘ike.”
“Love is an endless act of forgiveness.”
“He aloha wale no.”
Cultural Quotes
“Aloha does not diminish. It is ever flowing, a boundless source of love and kindness.”
“Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” – The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
“In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones, and strangers with Aloha, which means love. Aloha is the key word to the universal spirit of real hospitality, which makes Hawaii renowned as the world’s center for understanding and fellowship.”
“Aloha is a value, one of unconditional love. Aloha is the outpouring and receiving of the spirit.”
“‘Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.”
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.”
“Live like the waves: be free, flow with the rhythm of nature, and embrace the ever-changing tides.”
“He ali’i ka ‘āina, he kauwā ke kanaka” – The land is a chief; man is its servant.
“When we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.”
“He pūko‘a kani ‘āina” – A coral reef strengthens into land.
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
“Aloha is not just a word, it’s a way of life.”
“The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth.”
“No rain, no rainbows.”
“Even when the sky is filled with clouds, the sun still shines above.”
“Ua ola loko i ke aloha” – Love gives life within.
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
“He ‘ena kai kapekepeke” – A sea that is rough.
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.”
“He ali‘i ka ‘āina” – The land is chief.
“To live under the sun, to walk along the shore, that is to know the essence of Hawaii.”
“He po‘i na kai uli, kai ko‘o‘o, ‘a‘ohe hina pūko‘a” – Though the sea be deep and rough, the coral rock remains standing.
“The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people.”
“He hō‘ike‘ike kīhāpai” – A display of gardens.
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“Maluhia i ka lani” – Peace in the heavens.
“The heart of Hawaii beats in rhythm with the world.”
“E mālama i ka ‘āina” – Take care of the land.
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
“We are nature’s stewards, not its conquerors.”
“He lani i luna, he honua i lalo” – A sky above, a world below.
“The land is sacred. The land is our mother, the source of our nourishment and our life.”
Life Quotes
“E hele me ka pu’olo – Always take an offering with you.”
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“Aloha kekahi i kekahi – Love one another.”
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
“Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono – The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.”
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
“He ali’i ka ‘āina, he kauwā ke kanaka – The land is a chief; man is its servant.”
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
“A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho‘okahi – All knowledge is not taught in one school.”
“it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
“Ua ola loko i ke aloha – Love gives life within.”
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
“I ka nānā no a ‘ike – By observing, one learns.”
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
“Ho‘oponopono – To make things right.”
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow.”
“He poho na ka lakou ho’opa’i’na – Their vengeance is worthless.”
“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
“He pukoʻa kani ‘āina – A coral reef that grows into an island.”
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”
“Hana ka ho‘okele wa‘a i ka wa a ka moku – The steersman steers when the ship is in port.”
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
“Mai ka piko o ke poʻo a ke kumu o ka hiʻu – From the top of the head to the base of the tail.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Mālama ke kanaka nui ka lu‘a – Cherish the big fellow, for he is the protector of others.”
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
“Ho‘oilo a kauwela, i ka ‘ōʻili ‘āina o ke ola – Winter and summer, in the manifestations of life.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
“Pau ka pono ‘ia i ka mo’a – The good is cooked and eaten.”
Closing Thoughts
As you explore the beauty of Hawaiian quotes, it’s easy to see why they resonate with so many people. Their timeless wisdom and vibrant imagery capture the essence of Hawaii’s culture and natural beauty. These quotes remind us to live in harmony with nature, cherish our connections with others, and embrace the simple joys of life.
By reflecting on these sayings, we can find inspiration and peace in our everyday lives. Whether you use them as personal mantras or share them with friends, Hawaiian quotes carry a universal appeal. Their messages of love, respect, and gratitude are values that everyone can appreciate and strive to live by.
