Breast Cancer Survivor Quotes

• 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

  Cancer, Survivor, Mammograms

  83 Copy quote

• Being a breast cancer survivor, as I like to call myself - it will be twenty years next year - I did it to make it possible for women to do regular self breast examinations. It's really important - and, it makes common sense: you know your body better than the doctor does who only sees you once a year, you know?

  Olivia Newton-John

  Cancer, Self, Years

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Once you choose hope, anything's possible

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting

  115 Copy quote

• 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.

  51 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Cancer, Fighting, Warrior

  "Carly Simon Battles Back From Breast Cancer" by George Rush, Joanna Molloy, Marcus Baram et al., www.nydailynews.com. May 5, 1998.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  89 Copy quote
• 

  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

  Encouraging, Basketball, Uplifting

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

  97 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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.

  121 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  45 Copy quote

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

  Vladimir Lenin

  Inspirational, Get Well, Cancer

  20 Copy quote

• 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

  Cancer, Guy, Important

  "Original KISS drummer celebrates surviving breast cancer". Interview with Madison Park, edition.cnn.com. October 15, 2009.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Fun, Cancer, Weird Things

  "Christina Applegate's Life After Breast Cancer" by Monica Corcoran, www.womenshealthmag.com. September 19, 2013.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Cancer, Kids, Feels

  "Wanda Sykes: I Feel Whole Again" by Julie Jordan, people.com. October 27, 2011.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  55 Copy quote

• 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

  27 Copy quote

• Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences.

  Olympia Snowe

  Cancer, Simple, Long

  6 Copy quote

• 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

  Cancer, Fighting, Steps

  Amy Robach (2015). “Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour”, p.194, Ballantine Books

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

  Wanda Sykes

  Inspirational, Cancer, Unhappy

  28 Copy quote

• I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Stars, Powerful, Cancer

  8 Copy quote

• 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.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I do a lot of races for the cure for breast cancer.

  Mary Ann Mobley

  Cancer, Race, Survivor

  "Mary Ann Mobley: going public about a private disease". Saturday Evening Post Interview with Cory SerVaas, January 1, 1994.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  6 Copy quote

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

  Pat Paulsen

  Fear, Breast Cancer, Men

  88 Copy quote

• Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Cancer, Anger

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

  70 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source