Getting cancer can become the beginning of living. The search for one's own being, the discovery of the life one needs to live, can be one of the strongest weapons against disease. — Lawrence LeShan
Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can. — Grete Waitz
Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul. — Jim Valvano
If you don't have cancer, cherish life. If you do, cherish it even more — Jim Stynes
When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer, you beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live. — Stuart Scott
Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse. — Patrick Swayze
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life. — Olivia Newton-John
It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others. — Terry Fox
This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement. — Harold Pinter
When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous. — Norm MacDonald
We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances. — Rachel Corrie
The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration. — Cornel West
Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans. — Edie Falco
Brain tumor survivors: don't become hopelessly discouraged if you are experiencing deficits. You in a war and you are bound to have a few battle wounds. — Rachel Grady
Rise above your circumstances, change the world one person at a time starting with you, and be the inspiration you’ve been searching for. — Lindsey Stirling
Short Inspirational Cancer Quotes
Cancer got me over unimportant fears, like getting old. — Olivia Newton-John
I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives. — Andrew Shue
The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation. — Comer Cotrell
I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective. — Delta Goodrem
Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to. — Gilda Radner
Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired — Richard Kemp
When people are inspired, they achieve more than they ever thought possible. — Michael Abrashoff
We once thought of cancer as an incurable disease; then we started treating it. — David Sinclair
To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair. — Jason Silva
I knew when I met you an adventure is going to happen.
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
Breast Cancer Inspirational Quotes
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
When life kicks you, let it kick you forward. — Kay Yow
The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart. — Vladimir Lenin
Early detection is key," she said. "And if I hadn't found my lump early, I don't know what would have been. I am still here and I want to encourage women to do that on a regular basis. — Olivia Newton-John
We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell. — Lance Armstrong
QUOTES BOUQUET: You Have To Fight Through Some Bad Days To Earn The Best Days Of Your Life — Adnan
With breast cancer, nothing is straightforward. It makes sense for most people to make their dietary decisions based on what it does for heart disease. That's where the data are most strong. — Walter Willett
I am joining the more than 200,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year... I am inspired by the brave women who have faced this battle before me and grateful for the support of family and friends. — Sheryl Crow
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms. — Cynthia Nixon
Powerful Inspirational Quotes
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. — William Faulkner
Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. — Maya Angelou
The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do. This self-denial is the unique way to usher in God's kingdom and to realize the kingdom life. — Witness Lee
I have never seen where hatred overcomes love. When you love, you overcome. Love is the most powerful weapon. — T. B. Joshua
The only limit to the power of Almighty God lies within you & me. — Sayings
Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy. — George Michael
Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. — Fulton J. Sheen
True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire. — Cesar Chavez
Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Strong Inspirational Quotes
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. — Sayings
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison
When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume. — Sara Jeannette Duncan
For when I am powerless, it is then that I am strong. — Paul the Apostle
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. — Will Rogers
Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding your self that everything happens for a reason. — John Mayer
Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist. — Amy Carmichael
I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes. — Marilyn Monroe
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. — Maya Angelou
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do. — Eleanor Roosevelt
What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what’s important. — Joel Siegel
Fear does its best work in isolation. Courage wears the face of your ability to love and be loved. Breakthrough happens when you discover your self-worth had nothing to do with what you looked like. — Lynn Jones
To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. — Dale Murphy
Now if I go through it again, I think I would be a lot more open about it. I admire people who have been open like Melissa Ethridge and women I see walking around facing it without wigs and all of that stuff. I think I would be more courageous next time. — Kathy Bates
Cancer Survivor Quotes
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saying sulfates do not cause acid rain is the same as saying that smoking does not cause lung cancer. — Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.
I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups. — Erika Slezak
My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30. — Kate Walsh
The present treatments for brain cancer are not curative. We need new and better treatments. More funding for research. Legislation to improve the research system and to provide better access to care, treatment, and rehabilitation services for all brain tumor survivors. — Shannon O'Brien
I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family. — Grete Waitz
I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant. — Grete Waitz
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. — Bruce Lee
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. — Pablo Picasso
I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work. — Augusta Savage
Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. — Vincent Van Gogh
Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it. — Kathleen Norris
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. — Gichin Funakoshi
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. — Bruce Lee
Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart. — Joni Mitchell
Inspirational History Quotes
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. — Rosa Parks
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. — Voltaire
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. — Thurgood Marshall
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James A. Baldwin
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. — Thurgood Marshall
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspirational Winning Quotes
Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide! — Swami Vivekananda
You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better. — Steffi Graf
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying. — Tony Robbins
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. — John C. Maxwell
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight. — George S. Patton
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — Hudson Taylor
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. — Serena Williams
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. — Joyce Meyer
If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose — Lee Chong Wei
Inspirational Love Quotes
If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. — Bob Marley
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale
If you want to change the world, start with yourself. — Mahatma Gandhi
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. — Dalai Lama
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. — Henry David Thoreau
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. — Mother Teresa
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live. — Dalai Lama
Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me. — Clare of Assisi
Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. — Sigmund Freud
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. — Eleanor Roosevelt
It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright. — Robin Roberts
The human race will be the cancer of the planet. — Julian Huxley
"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is." — Joseph Campbell
Cancer did not bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet. — Michael Douglas
It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This cancer can't defeat me." "No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny." — Joel Osteen
People should be afraid of the cancer, not the mammogram. — Nancy Reagan
Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. — Joseph Campbell
I think after overcoming breast cancer, you sort of become fearless and somehow going up to your boss to talk about a possible promotion doesn't seem like such a daunting task anymore. — Hoda Kotb
I laughed more in the hospital than I ever have in my life, making fun of all the weird things that were happening to me. — Christina Applegate
After I finished the Atlantic swim I said "never again," but it didn't take long for me to change my mind. I like to push my limits. I want to raise money for cancer research and to inspire others to follow their dreams. — Benoit Lecomte
Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can. Anger is our real enemy. — Dalai Lama
My wish is that all all women age 20 and above perform monthly breast self-examinations. — Olivia Newton-John
We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.' — Wanda Sykes
One important thing to know is you're still the same person during it. I'm more eager than ever to do what I did. I want to do everything. — Kylie Minogue
I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight. — Carly Simon
But sometimes it is necessary to do that which is too much. — Pope John Paul II
She had breast cancer. No one said she shouldn't run for governor. — Jodi Rell
I feel so fortunate and grateful to be a survivor of breast cancer. I see it as a gift. — Olivia Newton-John
I plan on ... encouraging so many women who are out there, who are still in the thick of it, who have yet to fight this fight, that you can do it, you can get through this one step at a time. — Amy Robach
Don't sit around playing Mr. Tough Guy. Don't say 'It's going to go away'... It's just important - just go get checked out. It's not like you're going to lose your manhood. — Peter Criss
I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me. — Eric Davis
The fantasies inspired by TB in the last century, by cancer now, are responses to a disease thought to be intractable and capricious--that is, a disease not understood--in an era in which medicine's central premise is that all diseases can be cured. — Susan Sontag
It [TV] is the cancer of film. It's why people can't be educated to film. In the late '60s, we expected to see a movie or two every week and be stimulated, excited and inspired. And we did. Every week after week. Antonioni, Goddard, Truffaut - this endless list of people. And then comes television and home video. I know how to work exactly for the big screen, but it doesn't matter what I think about the art of movie-making versus TV. — Jack Nicholson
Crazy to think that we're having surgery, we're trying to excise cancer, we don't know where the cancer is. We're trying to preserve nerves; we can't see where they are. — Nguyen Quyen
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