I’m actually not star-struck… I like to give people their own space and admire them from a distance.
BETHANY HAMILTONLife is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.
More Bethany Hamilton Quotes
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Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.
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I’m a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became Christians. Then they taught me and my two brothers how to love the Lord – and how to surf!
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I wouldn’t change what happened to me because then I wouldn’t have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.
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God created the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the waves for our enjoyment. Surfing is just my way of worshipping Him.
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I could never have embraced this many people with two arms.
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Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things… people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.
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You don’t need easy, you just need possible.
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Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!
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Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
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We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us – our passions.
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I don’t want easy, just possible.
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Your looks do not define who you are.
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Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.
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I’m just waiting for God to tell me what to do, but whatever it is, I want to be doing something like I am doing now-serving God and helping people.
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Losing an arm is kinda lame at one point, but at the same time, so much good has come out of it.
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