The following list of Okinawan proverbs were found here.

Ataishi turu atairu. – We get along well with those we can get along with well.

Achinee ya tankaa mankaa. – Business is a two-way street.

Aramun jooguu ya duu ganjuu. – One who eats plain food is healthy.

Ichariba choodee. – Once we meet and talk, we are brothers and sisters.

Uya yushi kwa yushi. – Parents and children teach one another.

Kaagee kaa ru ya ru. – Beauty is skin deep.

Kamuru ussaa mii nayun. – The more you eat, the more you gain.

Kuu sa kana sa. – Small things are lovable.

Kuchi ganga naa ya yakutatan. – A smooth talker is a good-for-nothing person.

Kutubaa. Jin chikee. – Spend words as efficiently as money.

Kutuba noo ushikumaran. – A word can’t be recalled once spoken.

Shikinoo chui shiihii shiru kurasuru. – Let’s live helping each other in this world.

Shinjichi nu ada nayumi. – Kindness will never be wasted in any way.

Jin too waraaran kwa tu ru waraariiru. – We can laugh happily with our children, but not with money.

Chu uyamee ru duu uyamee. – If you respect others, they will respect you.

Choo kukuru ru dee ichi. – The heart is the most essential human quality.

Tusui ya tatashina mun. Warabee shikashina mun. – The old should be treated with due respect. Children should be treated with gentleness.

Tusui ya takara. – The old people are treasures to us.

Miitundaa duu tichi. – Man and wife are one flesh.

Nuchi nu sadamee wakaran. – Only God knows one’s term of life.

Machushi garu ufu iyoo tuyuru. – One who waits patiently will catch a big fish.

Miinai chichi nai. – We learn by watching and listening.

Mii ya tin niru aru. – Our fates are as registered by heaven.

Munoo yuu iyuru mun. – Speak well of others.

Yaasa ru maasaru. – Food is delicious when one is hungry.

Duu nu duu ya duu shiru shiyuru. – You know your body best.

Choo kani ru deeichi. – Common sense is essential.

Yii kutoo isugi. – Do good things quickly.

Chira kaagi yaka chimu gukuru. – Kind hearts are better than fair faces.

Yuu ya shititin mii ya shitinna. – Even if you hide yourself from the world, don’t lose sight of your real nature.

Nmarijima nu kutuba wasshii nee kuni n wasshiin. – Forgetting your native tongue means forgetting your native country.

Ashibi nu chura saa ninju nu sunawai. – The more the merrier.

Acha nu neen chi ami. – Tomorrow is a new day.

Yikiga nu kutubaa shuumun gaai. – A man’s word is his honor.

Mookiraa kwee michi shiri. – Once you have made a fortune, know how to spend it.