Hawaiian Local Quotes & Sayings

I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade. — Dolly Parton

The solitary speaks.One receives as a reward for much ennui , ill-humour and boredom, such as a solitude without friends, books, duties or passions must entail, one harvests those quarters of an hour of the deepest immersion in oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself: he will never get to drink the most potent refreshing draught from the deepest well of his own being. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Life, if well lived, is long enough. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder! Fighting all who rob or plunder! Underdog! — Jim Butcher

What we cannot think we cannot think, therefore we also cannot say what we cannot think. — Bertrand Russell

Though we came from our native Hawaiian mother, Chad and I were perceived and therefore raised as black, which widely cast us as outsiders, nonlocals - and being seen as local in Hawaii was currency. When we first returned to Oahu, we spoke with a Texas twang that also got us teased. Chad has strong emotions surrounding those first few months; he was traumatized by his apparent blackness, which was a nonevent in Dallas and Oakland, where we were among many black kids. In Hawaii, we were some of the few mixed black kids around. And both our parents taught us that because the world would perceive us as black, we were black. — Janet Mock

The thing about the intuition is that there's always a calmness to it, if it says yes to us or even if it says no. It's always very calm and a feeling of wisdom comes with it. — Echo Bodine

The way I was raised and the people that I grew up around for the most part were very humble people, and I appreciate all that they taught me, and their energy and their magnanimity help keep me grounded. — Lenny Kravitz

Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action. — Dan Miller