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Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board QUOTES

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board QUOTES

1 " 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

2 " 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

3 " 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

4 " 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

5 " 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

6 " 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

7 " I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

8 " 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

9 " 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

10 " For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —JEREMIAH 29:11 "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

11 " Life is full of what-ifs. You can't let it hold you back. "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

12 " 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

13 " For those who make Hawaii their home, aloha means much more than a hello and good-bye greeting. It goes way back to the old Hawaiian traditions, and it means a mutual regard and affection of one person for another without any expectation of something in return. Translation: it means you do something from the pureness of your heart. "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

14 " These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock. But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards.” — MATTHEW 7:24-27 (THE MESSAGE "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

15 " When I finally saw Timmy before my surgery, I started saying over and over again, “Get me water, get me water. "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

16 " I wouldn’t want to, say, move to L.A. or New York or some other fast-paced city where there’s lots of action and excitement. Here’s what I think: 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. For me, the grass is never greener outside of Hawaii. If you ask me my "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

17 " There’s always something to do. Especially if you love the sand and surf like I do. When there are no waves or when I am done surfing I like to pick shells "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

18 " They wanted to see the same Bethany they had known before—and frankly, I looked pretty changed. So I quickly set them straight: I was the same person on the inside. "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

19 " My folks, checking their mailbox, were astounded to find thousands of letters awaiting them. How could they possibly "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

20 " I’m okay with doing interviews if you guys think that God can use me,” I told "

― Bethany Hamilton , Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board