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'A'ohe 'ulu e loa'a i ka pōkole o ka lou. 

No breadfruit can be reached when the picking stick is too short.

(There is no success without preparation.)

 

«'Ōlelo No'eau, Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings» 

by Mary Kawena Pukui (Bishop Museum Press)