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Bethany Hamilton Quotes

Total quotes: 20
“You make your own adventure in life. And I truly believe that if you open your eyes to your surroundings, there’s lots of neat stuff to be found practically anywhere on earth.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: Adventure, Life, Nature, Earth
“God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: God, Belief, Faith
“Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Compassion, Perspective, motivation
“Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Courage, Fear
“God did have something bigger planned for me. What we all needed to do was trust... and believe.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Faith, Belief, Trust, Trusting In God, plan
“So maybe someone listening will be inspired to pick up a Bible or go to church and their lives will be better and richer as a result.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: Bible, Life, Living
“The author describes how impressed she was with the detailed storyboards that outlined her movie – "not just sketches, but real art". She then describes a Hawaiian sunset as, "God painting His storyboard on the sky".”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: Nature, Story, Movie, Art, Painters on Painting
“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.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: inspiration, Heaven, Faith, sign
“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.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: Life, Surfing, Getting Back Up, Wave
“Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Creativity, Wave, Challenge, Art
“I see that God is able to use my story to help others. Once a girl came up and told me that she had had cancer. When she learned my story it made her realize that she didn't need to give up.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: God, Story, inspiration
“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: Courage, Sacrifice, Determination, Commitment, heart, Talent
“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.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: Life, Living, what ifs
“Going out in public is a bit different; I'm even more noticed, but my heart is in surfing and it always will be.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: different, public, Handicap, Surfing, Passion
“I have this thought every second of my life - Why me? Not negatively, like 'Why did this terrible thing happen to me'? But more like 'Why did God choose me and what does He have in mind for me?'”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: purpose, Questions, Questioning Life, Life & God
“I'm happy with the way that I look and I don't need an arm to be beautiful.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Contentment, inner beauty, beauty, Handicap, Happy
“It was a terrible thing that happened to me, but so many good things have come out of it that it has turned into a beautiful thing.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Challenge, Optimism, beauty, outcome
“I am so stoked on my life. I have been through a lot and have learned a lot. I feel very blessed with everything that I'm able to do - especially being able to surf. I try to keep it simple and just be the best person I can be, and if it makes a difference in other people's lives, that's great!”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Life, Living, Life Lessons, Blessings, Surfing, Handicap
“I don't know what other girls do before they go out in a heat, but for me the routine is pretty simple: I pray. I pray for safety for everyone and I pray for wisdom in my wave selection and ability to be at the right place at the right time.”
— Bethany Hamilton
Tagged: Routine, prayer, Safety, Wisdom
“There's no such thing as a handicap - it's all in your head.”
— Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Tagged: Handicap, Mind Over Matter, Inspirational
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