Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!
BETHANY HAMILTONI think it doesn’t matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I’m going to try to be the best surfer I can be. It’s not all about competing and being the best. It’s more about having fun and just doing what you love.
More Bethany Hamilton Quotes
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Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.
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God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.
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My favorite thing [about surfing] is being creative on waves; it’s like an art form. You can do whatever you want on that wave if you work hard at it and just have fun out there.
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I don’t really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.
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People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.
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I can’t change it, That was God’s plan for my life and I’m going to go with it.
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You don’t need easy, you just need possible.
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I could never have embraced this many people with two arms.
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Your looks do not define who you are.
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Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they saw the talent that I had.
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Surfing is very special and unique. It’s really hard to explain unless you’ve tried it. It’s being out in the ocean in the sun, the water on your skin, and the adrenalin rush when you catch a wave. You have to be creative so it’s like an art form in a way.
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Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive.
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The paramedic whispered in my ear ‘God will never leave you or forsake you.’
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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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Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.
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I don’t need easy, I just need possible.
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I think it doesn’t matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I’m going to try to be the best surfer I can be. It’s not all about competing and being the best. It’s more about having fun and just doing what you love.
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Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I’m up at 5 A.M. every day.
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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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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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Life 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.
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Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.
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Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it’s fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I’ve healed very well.
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I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it’s been a special relationship. To me it’s not a religion; it’s just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.
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Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.
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I don’t want easy, just possible.
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