Breast Cancer Inspiration Quotes

• Once you choose hope, anything's possible

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting

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• 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.

  Larry Craig

  Cancer, America, Mammograms

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• 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

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Gratitude

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Cancer

  "Why I'm not angry at Lance Armstrong" by Sally Jenkins, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2012.

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

  Vladimir Lenin

  Inspirational, Get Well, Cancer

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• Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Positive, Being Strong

  "Attitude : The Power of Positivity". Book by Dr Kenneth Morton, p.56, 2011.

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

  Ingrid Bergman

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Cancer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man.

  Pat Paulsen

  Fear, Breast Cancer, Men

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• 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.

  Melissa Bank

  Inspirational, Distance, Cancer

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• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Leadership, Bullying

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1933 See Francis Bacon 7; Montaigne 4; Thoreau 16; Wellington 3

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• Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Cancer, Heart, Who We Are

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

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.

  Ann Jillian

  Cancer, Breasts, Detection

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• Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Cancer, Risk, Needs

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• Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.

  Angelina Jolie

  Country, Cancer, Mean

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• I'm happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me. I feel absolutely great and I am raring to go.

  Carly Fiorina

  Cancer, Radiation, Chemotherapy

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• 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

  Cancer, Mammograms, Ifs

  "Cynthia Nixon Beats Breast Cancer, Becomes Advocate" by Olivia Sterns, Jen Periera, Thea Trachtenberg and Laura Zaccaro, abcnews.go.com. April 15, 2008.

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• 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

  Cancer, Important, Want

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• 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

  Jobs, Cancer, Diagnosis

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• I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it. To make an appointment, to give themselves an exam.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Cancer, Giving, Example

  "Giuliana Rancic a 'wreck' before breast cancer reveal" by, www.today.com. October 18, 2011.

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• 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

  Cancer, Thinking, Boss

  "5 Minutes with Hoda Kotb". Interview by Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 12, 2010.

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• With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.

  Betsey Johnson

  Daughter, Mother, Cancer

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• 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.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Sports, Children

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• If you have a friend or family member with breast cancer, try not to look at her with 'sad eyes.' Treat her like you always did; just show a little extra love.

  Hoda Kotb

  Cancer, Eye, Trying

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• 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.

  Kylie Minogue

  Zero, Cancer, People

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