Laird Hamilton > Quotes

“If you can look at one of these waves and you don't believe that there's something greater than we are, then you've got some serious analyzing to do and you should go sit under a tree for a very long time.”
― Laird Hamilton

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your own two ears.”
― Laird Hamilton

“Your path is yours alone. And if it’s the path less traveled, that’s absolutely fine. The world doesn’t need more conformists. The world needs more people who create and question and search.”
― Laird Hamilton, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul

“Don’t be afraid to really use your imagination. Let it run wild. It’s one of the most powerful tools you’ve got.”
― Laird Hamilton, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul

“If you just get out of your own way... It is amazing what will come to you.”
― Laird Hamilton

“Everything comes down to attitude: You determine what yours is, and the external world will reflect it back.”
― Laird Hamilton, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul

“I think the key to happiness is maximizing each day. So if you’re unhappy, here’s a simple prescription: Live harder.”
― Laird Hamilton, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your own to ears.”
― Laird Hamilton

“What we've been given is precious. It's majestic in its smallest details and its largest manifestations. Anyone not humbled by the power of the ocean should take a good, long look at a fifty-foot wave. If you don't have respect for a wave, it's only a matter of time before the ocean teaches you to get some. We're all equal before the wave.”
― Laird Hamilton

“Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams.”
― Laird Hamilton

“We have to have a family waiting for us. Otherwise, what’s the point? Empty glory is a lonely feeling. I know my mind is connecting more these days to family and, obviously, to my relationship with the woman I love. But all of it, whether you have it be your friends or your peers or your teammates, whatever connects to the wholeness of everything—that’s riches. That’s achievement.”
― Laird Hamilton, Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean

“For every single person it’s something unique. You can’t compare your experience to mine, and I can’t compare mine to his.”
― Laird Hamilton, Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean

“Life is for living.”
― Laird Hamilton, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul

“Quitting: easy. Daring to triumph: hard.”
― Laird Hamilton, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul

“My tendency to get kind of bored quickly and not just accepting the monotony of the status quo, the continual monotony of the single thing, but just actually trying to make it interesting and new and exciting and different.”
― Laird Hamilton, Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean