Kahanamoku Quotes & Sayings

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one. — Duke Kahanamoku

Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki. — Duke Kahanamoku

Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition. — Milton Friedman

I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain. — Duke Kahanamoku

We too can repair our cracks with gold
And glow again.
Crazed by life,
More beautiful than ever before. — Scott Hastie

Don't talk - keep it in your heart. — Duke Kahanamoku

For the surf idol Duke Kahanamoku portrait, which I created for the Surfrider Foundation, I took a photo from a book cover and abstracted the photo image into a drawing. This drawing was laminated onto a surfboard and auctioned to a buyer. — John Van Hamersveld

I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means. — Duke Kahanamoku

In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones or 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 of understanding and fellowship. Try meeting or leaving people with Aloha. You'll be surprised by their reaction. I believe it and it is my creed. Aloha to you. — Duke Kahanamoku

If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet. — Pema Chodron

There are quests and roads that lead ever onward, and all of them end in the same place - upon the killing ground. — Stephen King

Trees make babies by dropping tiny wooden tree eggs on the ground. — Randall Munroe

I don't see myself as legendary. If you want a legend, talk about someone like Duke Kahanamoku. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Out of water, I am nothing. — Duke Kahanamoku

I am only happy when I am swimming like a fish. — Duke Kahanamoku

Education isn't everything, for a start it isn't an elephant — Spike Milligan

Out of the water, I am nothing. — Duke Kahanamoku

Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which leads to the promised land. Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness. He is our peace. — Pope Francis

Did you know? Duke Kahanamoku competed in four Olympics from 1912 to 1932 setting three world-records, while winning three gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. — John Richard Stephens