“Ang dalagang nagpopormal sa kangyang kalagayan,
Hindi pagpapahamakan, ninum angwalang pitagan.
A woman who is dignified in her ways is respected ever by the irreverent.
Filipino proverb”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“Without women there is no day and no night.
Japanese Proverb”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“An empowered sense of self-love means you truly love and accept yourself as you would a treasured lover or a sweet, wonderful child, and that you do this from a place of strength of character and belief in yourself.”
Source: The Spiritual Girl's Guide to Dating: Your Enlightened Path to Love, Sex, and Soulmates
“O ka papa he'e nalu kēia, pahe'e i ka nalu ha'i o Makaiwa.
This is the surfboard that will glide on the rolling surf of Makaiwa.
A woman's boast. Her beautiful body is like the surfboard on which her mate "glides over the rolling surf.”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“Hā'awe i ke kua; hi'i i ke alo.
A burden on the back; a babe in the arms.
Said of a hard-working woman who carries a load on her back and a baby in her arms.”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“Oh, honest Americans, as Christians hear me for my down-trodden people! Their form of government is as dear to them as yours is precious to you. Quite as warmly as you love your country, so they love theirs...It is for them that I would give the last drop of my blood; it is for them that I would spend, nay, am spending, everything belonging to me. Will it be in vain? It is for the American people and their representatives in Congress to answer these questions. As they deal with me and my people, kindly, generously, and justly, so may the Great Ruler of all nations deal with the grand and glorious nation of the United States of America.
Queen Lili'uokalani, 1896”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“...A majestic wahine with small, bare feet, a grand, swinging, deliberate gait, hibiscus blossoms in her flowing hair, and a lei of yellow flowers flowing over her holoku, marching through these streets, has a tragic grandeur of appearance, which makes the diminutive, fair-skinned haole, tottering along hesitatingly in high-heeled shoes, look grotesque by comparison.
Isabella Bird”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“Luhi wahine 'ia.
Labored over by a woman.
Spoken in respect and admiration of a family reared by a woman who alone fed and clothed them.”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“He 'upena nae; 'a'ohe i'a hei 'ole.
It is a fine-meshed net; there is no fish that it does not fail to catch.
Said of a woman who never fails to attract the opposite sex.”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i
“Learning from my tūtū and aunty meant being very disciplined; there was no fooling around. You had to watch, listen and follow. There wasn't a whole lot of in-depth explanation of what you were doing. You were expected to know it.
Hōkūlani Hold-Padilla”
Source: Nā Wahine: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai'i