Elizabeth Edwards Quotes

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• If you know someone who has lost a child, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died-you're not reminding them. They didn't forget they died. What you're reminding them of is that you remembered that they lived, and that is a great gift.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Sad, Death, Children

  "Elizabeth Edwards: In Her Own Words" by Sarah Netter, abcnews.go.com. December 7, 2010.

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• She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Adventure, Blow, Wind

  Elizabeth Edwards (2010). “Resilience: The New Afterword”, p.213, Crown Archetype

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• Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that's good.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Fighting, Acceptance, Reality

  "Friends Remember Elizabeth Edwards; Muppets & Healthy Eating", www.cnn.com. December 8, 2010.

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• Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Reality, Resilience, Accepting

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• But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Positive, Meaningful, Hope

  "Elizabeth Edwards dies after battle with cancer", www.cnn.com. December 7, 2010.

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• I do know that when my children are older and telling their own children about their grandmother, they will be able to say that she stood in the storm...and when the wind did not blow her way - - and it surely has not - - she adjusted her sails.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Children, Grandmother, Blow

  Elizabeth Edwards (2010). “Resilience: The New Afterword”, p.213, Crown Archetype

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• A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Positive, Attitude, Long

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• The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Strength, Patience, Able

  "Elizabeth Edwards dies after battle with cancer". www.cnn.com. December 7, 2010.

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• If I had lost a leg, I would tell them, instead of a boy, no one would ever ask me if I was 'over it'. They would ask me how I was doing learning to walk without my leg. I was learning to walk and to breathe and to live without Wade. And what I was learning is that it was never going to be the life I had before.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Miscarriage, Boys, Wade

  Elizabeth Edwards (2010). “Resilience: The New Afterword”, p.80, Crown Archetype

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• Concentrate on the things that matter to you.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Matter, Follow Your Passion, Things That Matter

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• You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Love, Moving On, Grief

  "Elizabeth Edwards dies after battle with cancer", www.cnn.com. December 7, 2010.

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• You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Survivor, Fighter

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• This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Diagnosis, Treasure, Reminders

  "Elizabeth Edwards Battles Breast Cancer". "Dateline NBC" with Katie Couric, www.nbcnews.com. November 21, 2004.

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• At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if that were true the current president (George W. Bush) would hold as much esteem as Franklin Roosevelt in our country, and Nelson Mandela in his. That cannot be the case. Rather, we will each be judged by the mark we've left on others.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Country, Office, President

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• I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if I've done the right thing, I will be enlightened. And if I believe, I'll be saved. And that's all he promises me.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Cancer, Believe, Promise

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• ... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Lines, Hoping For The Best, Willing

  Elizabeth Edwards (2010). “Resilience: The New Afterword”, p.232, Crown Archetype

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• It's just a part of our nature to hope.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  "Elizabeth Edwards Can’t Have It Both Ways" by Jane Podesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2009.

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• I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Children, Wings, Giving

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• We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion of the population.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Class, Population, Razors

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• I want to reclaim who I am.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Who I Am, Want

  Interview With Matt Lauer, www.nbcnews.com. June 29, 2010.

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• I am imperfect in a million ways, but I always thought I was the kind of woman, the kind of wife to whom a husband would be faithful.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Husband, Wife, Faithful

  "John Edwards' wife: I had 'begged' for fidelity", www.today.com. April 30, 2009.

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• Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Writing, Life Is, Bigs

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• A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  People, Dies, Great Hope

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• My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Daughter, Mother, Jobs

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• I certainly have a lot to lament, as do we all, everybody has their griefs. But the griefs we can fix, shouldn't we go around fixing them?

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Grief, Healing, Fixing

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