Hawaiian Proverbs

Hawaiian Proverbs carry island wisdom born of Polynesian voyagers and a deep bond with the sea and ʻāina. They praise aloha, patience, and balance, teaching how to live with community and nature.

Continue to do good, and heaven will come down to you.

Hawaiian Proverb

Love is like fog - there is no mountain on which it does not rest.

Hawaiian Proverb

No one is hurt by doing the right thing.

Hawaiian Proverb

Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping.

Hawaiian Proverb

The awkward person breaks the board in riding on the surf.

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While the sun is still up, let people work that the earth may live.

Hawaiian Proverb

In the word is life, in the word is death.

Hawaiian Proverb

Knowledge is gained in many schools.

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Love is worn like a wreath through the summers and the winters.

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The great night that provides, the great day that neglects.

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The growth of love is the essence within the soul.

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The leopard does not change his spots.

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The rippling water where birds gather.

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When love is given, love should be returned, anger gives no life.

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When one dreams of a canoe, there will be no luck the next day.

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When the rain fell at puuohaloa where were you.

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Where the hands move, there let the eyes follow.

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A full sail helped him to arrive.

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Enjoy the beat of other drums, but this is my song.

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Go inquire of the other birds.

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Hi is as albatross that observes the ocean.

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Hush, lest the wind arise.

Hawaiian Proverb