Hawaiʻi is more than a destination—it is a spirit, a feeling, a sacred heartbeat of land and ocean, memory and presence. As the State Motto reminds us: “Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono.” (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.)🌴💫

Hawaiʻi is not a state of mind, but a state of grace. ~ Paul Theroux

I cannot help feeling that the chief end of this meeting is plantation profits... ~ Sanford B. Dole

The Hula is the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people. ~ David Kalākaua

If you don't have at least a working knowledge of the Hawaiian language, you can't chant well... It's like having peas and no pod. ~ Kealiʻi Reichel

Cry for the gods, cry for the people / Cry for the land that was taken away / And then yet you'll find, Hawaiʻi. ~ Mickey Ioane

The spiritual destiny of Hawaiʻi... a will to do good for unfortunates regardless of what the unfortunates thought. ~ Francine du Plessix Gray

If you play that music with feeling, it brings tears to your eyes. ~ Raymond Kāne

Hawaiian music is the roots for the Hawaiian people. It tells the history of where we came from... ~ Kevin Brown

After all, Hawaiʻi is the best land. (ʻO Hawaiʻi nō ka ʻāina maikaʻi) ~ Hawaiian Proverb

Never turn your back on the ocean. ~ Hawaiian Saying

I love Maui so much. I would rather live one day in Maui than one month in New York. ~ Charles Lindbergh

It (Maui) is queer country... always the sea with usually its black rim of lava at the edge. ~ Georgia OʻKeeffe