Gertrude Ederle Quotes

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

  Gertrude Ederle

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• 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

  Beach, Children, Crazy

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

  Gertrude Ederle

  People, Swim, Said

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• I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it

  Gertrude Ederle

  Done, Ifs

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• I have no complaints. I am comfortable and satisfied. I am not the kind of person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.

  Gertrude Ederle

  Stars, Moon, Long

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

  Gertrude Ederle

  Water, World, This World

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• 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

  Hurt, Giving, Depth

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