Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.
BETHANY HAMILTONI can’t change it, That was God’s plan for my life and I’m going to go with it.
More Bethany Hamilton Quotes
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I just love being on the ocean and being creative on the waves and the feeling you get when you’re surfing. All around it’s beautiful and fun.
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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 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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You don’t need easy, you just need possible.
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I’m actually not star-struck… I like to give people their own space and admire them from a distance.
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My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.
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I could never have embraced this many people with two arms.
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The paramedic whispered in my ear ‘God will never leave you or forsake you.’
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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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Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.
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Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.
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We all need that extra friend outside of our immediate family to talk about that extra stuff you wouldn’t normally talk to your parents about.
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Your looks do not define who you are.
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Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at all… just kind of going through the motions with no meaning
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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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