Top 18 Quotes About Gertrude Ederle

#1. Slowly I came to know that the depth of our heartbreaks determines the depth of our faith. God gives us everything to conquer the big and the little hurts of life.

Gertrude Ederle

#2. No matter our dire circumstances, no matter our shared upbringing, no matter the chill his smile sends over my body, he's still him, and I'm still me, and yes, he needs to have a female heir someday, but with a proper lady, a duchess or a princess - not the girl who spars with him.

Sara Raasch

#3. Gwendolen would not have liked to be an object of disgust to this husband whom she hated: she liked all disgust to be on her side.

George Eliot

#4. When we're in the water, we're not in this world.

Gertrude Ederle

#5. The doctors told me my hearing would get worse if I continued swimming, but I loved the water so much, I just couldn't stop.

Gertrude Ederle

#6. Don't weep for me; don't write any sob stories.

Gertrude Ederle

#7. Of course one can't eat in a civilized fashion while touring in theatres. But I still manage to get my three meals a day. I find that is sufficient for training.

Gertrude Ederle

#8. I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it

Gertrude Ederle

#9. I am not a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.

Gertrude Ederle

#10. The last freedom is choosing your attitude.

Viktor E. Frankl

#11. Hawke didn't bother to respond to that - he'd eat the baby cat alpha for breakfast.

Nalini Singh

#12. To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea, I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.

Gertrude Ederle

#13. You should make your life count right up to the last minute.

Louis Zamperini

#14. When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it,

Gertrude Ederle

#15. People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could.

Gertrude Ederle

#16. God has been good to me.

Gertrude Ederle

#17. I was happiest between the waves.

Gertrude Ederle

#18. Oh, I eat whatever I want whenever I want it.

Gertrude Ederle

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