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

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

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.

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.

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".

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.

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

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.

There's no such thing as a handicap - it's all in your head

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.

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

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

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.