Inspirational Cancer Quotes

But sometimes it is necessary to do that which is too much.

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it.

It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright.

Cancer did not bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.

Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you're still the same person at the end. You're stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before.

During chemo, you're more tired than you've ever been. It's like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you're out. But you also find that you're stronger than you've ever been. You're clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it's instantaneous.

My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.

The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

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Success... it's what you do with what you've got.

It's not psychopathology that counts. It's what you do with it.

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible

The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell.

We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

Beautiful people do not just happen

I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.

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.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.