Bethany Hamilton Quotes

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

I don't need easy, I just need possible.

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.

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.

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

Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

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.

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.

Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.

Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!

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.

God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.

You don't need easy, you just need possible.

God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.

My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.

I guess I just like to challenge myself and push myself harder to do things that I dont think I can, to do things that other people do not think I can. It pushes me. I push my own personal limits.

I think passion is something that's more powerful than even love. It's something that you're not willing to let go of, and you'll work really hard to make sure that stays a part of your life.

I can't change it, That was God's plan for my life and I'm going to go with it.

I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe He gave me the passion and determination to continue surfing. You fall off the horse, and you get back on. I had to go for it.

I don't want easy, just possible.

Fear is something that can really hold us all back from different things in life. It's important to notice what your fears are and try to conquer them.

Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive.

[The biggest lesson I've got is] Learning to have patience with people, just take it one step at a time in everything that you're doing and just invest time in the people that you're with ... have patience with them, even if they're not necessarily the easiest person to work with.

None of us are going to have perfect lives. Our own vision of what we think is good maybe different from what He [God] thinks. And we forget that. We think we know what's best and we don't.