850 Inspirational Quotes For Cancer Patients (2023)
1. “Today we fight. Tomorrow we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this disease plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch, ’cause it’s gonna have a long day doing it.” — Jim Beaver, Life’s That Way
2. “Something good comes out of every crisis.” – Dave Pelzer
3. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
4. “Remember: you’re not dying from cancer . . . You’re LIVING with it.”
5. “Optimism is the foundation of courage.”
6. “Joy shouldn’t go away because you have cancer.” — Mandi Hudson
7. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
8. “No matter what the statistics say, there is always a way.” – Bernie Siegel
9. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
10. “If deception is the most potent weapon in your arsenal, then patience in all things is your crucial shield. Patience will protect you from making moronic blunders. Like mastering your emotions, patience is a skill – it does not come naturally.” – Robert Greene
11. “When it comes to patience, we don’t have to change old habits; we can build better ones.” – Sue Bender
12. “Since I had cancer, I’ve realized that every day is a bonus.” – Geoffrey Boycott
13. ‘Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers.’ – Jarod Kintz
14. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
15. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – A. Milne
16. “I want to see cancer cured in my lifetime. It might be.”
17. “Beware the fury of a patient man.” – John Dryden
18. “Sometimes things aren’t clear right away. That’s where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.” – Mary Pierce
19. “There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.” – William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
20. “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
21. “I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.” – Margaret Thatcher
22. “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” – Albert Einstein
23. “The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” – Erik Erikson
24. “Each day brings new healing.”
25. “If you’re waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you’ll never make it.” ― Criss Jami
26. “Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.” — Ruth Ann Schabacker
27. “I’ve learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.” – Greg Behrendt
28. “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
29. “We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.” – Lance Armstrong
30. “I want to do whatever I can to help make your life a little easier for you. Mow your lawn? Go grocery shopping? Take the dog to the vet?”
31. “Take one day at a time. Today, after all, is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Billy Graham
32. “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” ― Stephanie Lahart
33. “Cancer didn’t know what it was in for when it decided to hassle you!”
34. “All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them.” ― Viola Davis
35. “Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who possesses God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.” — St. Teresa of Avila
36. “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
37. “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” – Buckminster Fuller
38. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem.”
39. “Today we fight. Tomorrow we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this disease plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch, ’cause it’s gonna have a long day doing it.”
40. “Be your own healthcare advocate. You owe it to yourself and the people that love you.” – Dawnia
41. “You have to fight, because if you don’t, you let the opponent win. And if your opponent is cancer, the results can be deadly.” — Lawrence Wray
42. Holy Father, thank You that we have an inheritance in Christ and the right to exercise spiritual authority. In the mighty Name of Jesus, that Name under which everything in heaven and earth and below the earth must bow, we exercise authority over cancer and command all malignancies to leave our brother/sister [name of friend]. All problems caused by cancer or by chemotherapy and radiation, leave now! Thank You, God, for restoring health to this dear one. Amen.
43. “The first step is you have to say that you can.” – Will Smith
44. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
45. “I want men to know that things really do get better — and they get better fairly rapidly. Don’t get discouraged.”
46. “I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That’s how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.” – Ben Kingsley
47. “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” – Emory Austin
48. “Love and laughter are two of the most important universal cancer treatments on the planet. Overdose on them.” – Comic Strip Mama
49. “When you come to the end of your rope… tie a knot and hang on. I’m not ready for you to let go yet!”
50. “The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
51. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do”
52. “With breast cancer, it’s all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do.”
53. “Allow your dreams to shower your aspirations, and allow your hopes to be a source of encouragement.” ― Shaa Zainol
54. “Without hair, A queen is still a queen’.”
55. “Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.” – Anonymous
56. “When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.” – Angela Lynne Craig
57. “I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.” – Elon Musk
58. “Let’s plan a trip. A weekend getaway to anywhere in the world. We’ll plan it right in the midst of all this to show cancer you’re still the boss of your own life.”
59. “You’re one of the toughest people I know. No matter what life has thrown at you, you’ve always found a way to recover with humor and strength. I know you have what it takes to tackle cancer with that same attitude. I know it’s still scary and frustrating, though. I’m here for you, and I pray every day that you get well soon.”
60. “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” ― Alice Morse Earle
61. “Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don’t forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.”
62. “Do one thing every day that scares you.”― Eleanor Roosevelt
63. “Whatever difficulty you may faced, do not get discouraged.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
64. “Make each day your masterpiece.” —John Wooden
65. “Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It’s far-fetched to some – I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it’s not a big stretch from hymns.” – Kaskade
66. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass It’s about learning how to DANCE IN THE RAIN.”
67. There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.” ― Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees
68. “I am not thankful for cancer, but I am thankful for what cancer has taught me.” – Brett Conley
69. “Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.”
70. “Cancer is awful. It took 10 years until I didn’t think about it every day. Nobody should go through this. Nobody.” – Hans Rosling
71. “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
72. “I know you said you wanted to start dressing up more. My bad, I assumed you meant evening gowns and not hospital gowns.”
73. “Whatever support you need, I am here for you. Whatever I can do, whatever you need, all you need to do is ask.”
74. “Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.” – William Shakespeare
75. “I’m in good shape. My cancer means I have lost a lot of organs and I’m a lot lighter. I have devoted myself to yoga and I’m doing handstands.” – Eve Ensler
76. “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
77. “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama
78. “Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.” – William Arthur Ward
79. “Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
80. “You’ve always wanted a good reason to get out of hosting Thanksgiving at your house. Now you have one.”
81. “Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family’s story. That’s why I am so passionate about raising awareness, because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others.”
82. “Nah. I’m a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I’m fine.” – Lisa Scottoline
83. “Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” – George Jackson
84. “You are my first priority. No request is too big or too small. Anything you need, I will provide.”
85. “In a fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail—or if you’re not the best—it’s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome. They’re tackling problems, charting new courses, working on important issues. Maybe they haven’t found the cure for cancer, but the search was deeply meaningful.”―Carol S. Dweck
86. “Cancer is a fight to the death. Either you kill it, or it will kill you. Get ready to brawl.”
87. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
88. “Each day is one day closer to being done with your chemotherapy! I’m counting down right along with you.”
89. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
90. “What does not kill us makes us stronger.”
91. I had cancer, cancer never had me. You are not defined by what you are going through. Cancer will never have you. You are much more than your disease.
92. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” — Carol Burnett
93. “In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” – Tony Robbins
94. “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” — Epictetus
95. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” — Maya Angelou
96. “A big part of being a well-adjusted person is accepting that you can’t be good at everything.”– Kelly Williams Brown
97. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” ― Albert Einstein
98. “Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” – Ingrid Bergman
99. “I don’t know exactly what to say, but please know how much I care about you and love you.”
100. “Belief creates the actual fact.”— William James
101. “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
102. “Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.” – Saadi
103. “I’m sure you can’t wait to feel 100 percent healthy. Even if it feels like it’s taking a long time, you’re getting there–one day at a time! I’m sure you’ll feel better soon, and I can’t wait to celebrate with you once you’re done with treatments! If there’s anything I can do to help your treatments go more smoothly, please let me know.”
104. “Lean on me; that’s what friends are for. Whether you need a shoulder to cry on, a rock to support you or someone to listen to you yell, I am here. Always and a day.”
105. “[What got me through cancer was] taking each day at a time, knowing it was temporary.” — Jessica Pace
106. “Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” – Mario Fernandez
107. “Don’t let pain define you, let it refine you.” – Tim Fargo
108. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” — Henry David Thoreau
109. Small steps every day. Every small step counts. You might not reach your goal today but that is okay.
110. “Pain is temporary, it may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
111. “Coffee is already known to be a preventative factor against mild depression, Parkinson’s disease, and colon and rectal cancers.”
112. “People talk about the courage of cancer patients. and I do not deny that courage. I have been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years. and still I trod on.”
113. “Faith doesn’t always mean that God changes your situation, sometimes it means he changes you.” – Steven Furtick
114. “Cancer recovery is hard work. Life is hard work. And it really pays off. Hang in there.” — Helen Szablya
115. “We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.” – Helen Keller
116. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
117. “Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.” – Anonymous
118. “Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what’s important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them.” — Joel Siegel
119. “Cry. Yell. Laugh. That’s what friends are for, so don’t be afraid to call on me, okay?”
120. “More men die of jealousy than cancer.” – Joseph Patrick Kennedy
121. “A warrior must only take care that his spirit is never broken” – Shissai
122. “You are stronger than cancer. Beat it.” – Odeta Stuikys Rose
123. “Take one day at a time. Today, after all, is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” — Billy Graham
124. “There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within.” – Miyamoto Musashi
125. “Stand in your light and shine brightly because that is how you defeat darkness.” – Leslie Esperanza Espaillat
126. “Light tomorrow with today.” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
127. “You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.” – Anonymous
128. “You have to fight, because if you don’t, you let the opponent win, and if your opponent is cancer, the results can be deadly.”
129. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” — Judy Garland
130. “Without hair, a queen is still a queen.” ― Prajakta Mhadnak
131. “Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” — Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
132. “Nah. I’m a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I’m fine.”
133. “God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.” — Unknown
134. “Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle.” — Jon Acuff
135. “It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.” – Ian Mcewan
136. “Beat cancer. Small steps every day.” – Anonymous
137. “I know you have been through so many emotional ups and downs during your treatment, especially when you lost your hair. But I don’t want you to ever forget how beautiful you are.”
138. “I want you to focus on getting well. Tell me what chores need to be done at the house and I will do them for you so you don’t have to think about it.”
139. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” — Malala Yousafzai
140. “Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.” — Susan Taylor
141. “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
142. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined.” — A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
143. “Cancer is that awful word we all fear when we go to the doctor for a physical exam, but in that brief dark moment we hear it the world we live in and the people we share it with begin to illuminate things we did not even pay attention to.”
144. “Ignoring your prostate can be lethal.”— Angela Culhane
145. “Never give up. Life is worth living. There is life after cancer.” – Anonymous
146. “Did you notice the smile on a cancer patient’s face after the last treatment? That’s the smile you want on your face.”
147. “Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” – G. K. Chesterton
148. “Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather, it is a life sentence. It pushes one to live.” – Marcia Smith
149. “Cancer cannot cripple love, it cannot shatter hope, it cannot conquer the spirit.” – Unknown
150. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly.”
151. “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
152. “Cancer cannot cripple love, it cannot shatter hope, it cannot conquer the spirit.” — Unknown
153. “Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy.” – Felicia Hemans
154. “Everything is within your power, and your power is within you.” ― Janice Trachtman
155. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran
156. “This world is better with you in it, and you’re going to stay in it for a very long time.”
157. “We can reduce these cancer rates—breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer—by 90% or more by people adopting what I call a nutritarian diet.” – Joel Fuhrman
158. “When you get out of the hospital, we are going to have the best tea party ever when you get home! So get as much rest as you can now so you are ready to wear your crown, Princess!”
159. “Our lives are the Journey we take to find our true selves!” ― Alyssa Gonzalez
160. “When you die, that 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
161. “I promise never to refer to your illness as a “journey”. Unless someone is taking you on a cruise of course.”
162. “I know you aren’t feeling well, kiddo, but I wanted you to know that you are the bravest boy I know.”
163. “This is the story of how Dad lived with his lung cancer. But it is much more. Through his illness and the miracles we experienced, I came to see that Dad’s was not just a journey. It was a journey home. Home to God. „
164. “Cancer is a word, not a sentence.” – John Diamond
165. “Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today.” – Peter Kuzmic
166. “Believe you can, and you are halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
167. “How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?” – Seth Godin
168. “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” ― Rosa Parks
169. “Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.”
170. “Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” – George Bernard Shaw
171. “Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues.” – Hrithik Roshan
172. “Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” – Joyce Meyer
173. “Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.” – Ralph Marston
174. “If I persist long enough I will win.” – Og Mandino
175. “Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.” – Charles Caleb Colton
176. “One more chemo session down! Let’s celebrate with something that doesn’t taste disgusting.”
177. “There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.” ― Barbara Kingsolver
178. “Acceptance of death and cancer did not mean I intended to give up, just the opposite. I was prepared to fight cancer not out of fear of dying, but out of joy of living.” — Edie Littlefield Sundby
179. “You have to figure out your own way to deal with this diagnosis. You learn about yourself, what you are made of. This can be extraordinary and you want to share this, help others who go through the same thing.”
180. “Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for – you.” – Shannon L. Alder
181. “My reaction on being told that I had cancer was not what I might have expected. I was relieved to finally know what I had to deal with and calm at the possibility of fading away. It seemed to me I had already lived a full life, like a well-plotted novel that reaches a satisfactory conclusion. I had known deep friendship, true love, loss, and sorrow. I had felt at one with nature and at home in the city. And, critically, I had discovered both a creative capacity within myself and inner discipline to put it to work. I had become a whole person.”
182. “Your brain is so huge you had room for a tumor!”
183. “Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.”
184. “A life touched by cancer is not a life destroyed by cancer.”
185. “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees. It brought me to my feet.” – Michael Douglas
186. “You have been fighting cancer for so long, and now you are in the home stretch. Your treatments are almost done! Yay! That is a reason to celebrate!”
187. “Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.”
188. “Would you like a ride to your doctor’s appointment this week? I’d like to drive you if that would be helpful.”
189. “Hope is the physician of each misery.” — Irish proverb
190. “You can be a victim of cancer or a survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset.” – Dave Pelzer
191. “Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
192. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
193. “Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.” – Saint Francis de Sales
194. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
195. “Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.” – Swahili Proverb
196. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
197. “We normally know we’re getting older when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded; unless you’re a cancer survivor! Then we love people reminding us!”
198. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
199. “You’re a superhero in my eyes. You’re so strong and brave. Even though you’ve had a roller-coaster of emotions in your life for the past year, you still find the strength to smile. You inspire me to be a braver person each and every day!”
200. “May God hold you up and give you the strength to go through each day as you fight this battle.”
201. “Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Think positive and have faith.”
202. “Even through these dark times that cancer is trying to bring upon you I see you shining like the sun. Keep shining. Keep hoping. Keep praying. Keep going. This too shall pass.”
203. “Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agenda.” – Paul Davies
204. “Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.” – Anonymous
205. “Never allow situations and people to halt your mission.”― Hiral Nagda
206. “I am so sorry this is happening to you. You have the best doctor around, and friends and family who love and support you, and we will help you get through this.”
207. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” — Anne Frank
208. “You are not alone in this fight. You have a huge crowd of friends and family standing by your side. Remember how much we all love you.”
209. “Cancer is not a straight line. It’s up and down.”
210. “Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you've ever been, to stand up taller than you ever were.” — Unknown
211. “Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms, and treatment is getting better too.” – Elizabeth Hurley
212. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.”– Robert Frost
213. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey." — Kenji Miyazawa
214. “I’m sending good vibes and healing energy your way as you start chemo! I know this has been a difficult time for you, and I wanted to let you know that you are all of your friends and family are rooting for a speedy recovery.”
215. “People ask if I had it to do again, would I choose cancer? Yes.” – Sally Morgan
216. “I have no doubt that you will tackle cancer the same way you have every other obstacle in your life: with grit and determination and your fierce I’ve-got-this attitude!”
217. “Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.”
218. “The best way to fight cancer is to take it one day at a time. You are always taking care of everyone around you, but you need to focus on yourself right now. Stay positive and know that we all are cheering you on.”
219. “When you encounter various trials, big or small, be full of joy. They’re opportunities to learn patience.” – Scott Curran
220. “Cancer is a marathon – you can’t look at the finish line. You take it moment by moment, sometimes breath by breath, other times step by step.” — Sarah Betz Bucciero
221. “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.”—Tricia Cunningham
222. “I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
223. “I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.” – Henry Rollins
224. “Patience and fortitude conquer all things.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
225. “With all of the good you’ve done in your life and all of the times you’ve been there for others, most certainly karma is on your side.”
226. “With breast cancer, it’s all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do.” — Bill Rancic
227. “Everyone in this world is breathing borrowed air.” – Rachael Lippincott
228. “Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.”— Imam Ali
229. “More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.” – Sheryl Crow
230. “There will come a time in life when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” – Bishop
231. “Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here, we should dance.” — Unknown
232. “Patience is the key to paradise.” – Turkish Proverb (a bit of a wisdom quote too, don’t you think?!)
233. “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”
234. “No matter what life has thrown at you in the past, you have survived it. And I know you are going to beat cancer, too.”
235. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” – Lao Tzu
236. “The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” — C.C. Scott
237. “Cancer is a word, not a sentence.” – John Diamon
238. “Cancer does not define who I am, although it is a significant part of me and who I am becoming.” — Carrie Kreiswirth
239. “Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.” – Soren Kierkegaard
240. “It’s my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I’ve given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is don’t worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.” – Larry Hagman
241. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” — Chuang Tzu
242. “Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg
243. “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa
244. “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” — Michael Douglas
245. “Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.” –
246. “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” – Henry David Thoreau
247. “Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what’s important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them.”
248. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
249. “Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.” – Phillips Brooks
250. “Learning is never done without errors and defeat.” – Vladimir Lenin
251. “Beating cancer is a personal battle. It was one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far, and I think I did reasonably well.” – Yuvraj Singh
252. “Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don’t forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.” — Regina Brett
253. “After all that you’ve survived, do you really think some cancer cells are going to get the best of you? No way. Don’t you ever lose hope in your ability to overcome.”
254. “Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself.” — Betsey Johnson
255. “I’m happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me.” — Carly Fiorina
256. “Every day is a good day, even when things are hard because we are still here, still fighting to live among the latter.” – Lisa Kinsella
257. “Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.” — Mason Cooley
258. “Cancer is the be-all and end-all of the sport, and the only thing you can do is show up to the game with your jersey on.”
259. “Cancer doesn’t have to define you.”— Nelda Blair, anal cancer survivor
260. “The road ahead of you looks scary, but I wanted to let you know that we are here to support you every step of the way.”
261. “Cancer is a journey, but you walk the road alone. There are many places to stop along the way and get nourishment — you just have to be willing to take it.” — Emily Hollenberg
262. “Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up.” – Ryan Reynolds
263. “There’s always hope beyond what you see.”— Cora Connor, kidney cancer caregiver
264. “Parents with children who have cancer: I was your child 30 years ago, and I’m here today.” – Nora Kulkarni
265. “Think of the patience God has had for you and let it resonate to others. If you want a more patient world, let patience be your motto.” – Steve Maraboli
266. “Cancer is not a single disease, and it almost certainly can’t ever be addressed with a single magical potion.”
267. “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”– William James
268. “Success only comes to those who dare to attempt.” — Mallika Tripathi
269. “Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.” – Democritus
270. “We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.” – Winston Churchill
271. “Don’t lose hope. When the sun goes down, the stars come out.”
272. “Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.” – William Penn
273. “Being positive is the best medicine you can take.”— Maggie Howard, sarcoma survivor
274. “I think cancer is a hard battle to fight alone or with another person at your side, but I will say having someone to pick you up when you fall, stand by your side through every appointment and delivery of bad news, is priceless.”
275. “It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.” – Vince Lombardi
276. “In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally.”
277. “Faith is daring to go beyond what the eyes can see.”
278. “Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy.”
279. “I felt great empathy for my friend, as one form of cancer after another emerged to challenge him. I felt sympathy for his suffering that surely clawed at his daily routines, always active and busy, but he rarely verbalized complaints while courageously challenging his archenemy. He met pain and physical decline with 600-calorie workouts; he discarded anxieties somewhere along innumerable running trails; he faced death by running through life at full stride.”
280. “There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold — with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.” — Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees
281. “It’s my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I’ve given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don’t worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.” — Larry Hagman
282. “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.”
283. “Births and cancer treatments are so expensive, it’s a luxury to live, a privilege to die.”
284. “It’s faith that will take you through and determination that will drive you.” ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett
285. “One of the things that can help people with cancer is having something that you really look forward to doing, so that you can focus on that while the treatments are going on. I guess it’s like saying, ‘I have unfinished business left before I die.” — Joe Marelle
286. “Don’t give up on believing things can and will get better, even if they seem to be getting worse.”― Yedidah Spann
287. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”– Hans Christian Andersen
288. “Today, we fight. Tomorrow, we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this disease plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch ’cause it’s gonna have a long day doing it.” – Jim Beaver
289. “Time is shortening, but every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” – Ingrid Bergman
290. “Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for – you.” ― Shannon L. Alder
291. “God has perfect timing; never early, never late. It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith but it’s worth the wait.” – Unknown
292. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino
293. “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” – L.M. Montgomery
294. “…The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome. They’re tackling problems, charting new courses, working on important issues. Maybe they haven’t found the cure for cancer, but the search was deeply meaningful.” ― Carol S. Dweck
295. “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”
296. “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” – St. Augustine
297. “Finding the strength to smile each day can’t be easy. I don’t know how you do what you do each day! Even though I don’t understand it, I’m so lucky to have such a strong friend like you. I know it can get exhausting, though. I’d love to have the chance to support you. Can I help get you to and from the hospital? I’d love to do anything I can to help!”
298. “Where can I learn more about what you are going through? Are there books or websites you can recommend to me?”
299. “The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.” —Thomas Jefferson
300. “Cricket is my life. Before cancer, I was happy-go-lucky. I used to think about my career and worry about the future. But post it, my thinking has completely changed. I’m happy to eat and breathe normally. I’m happy to have my life back.”
301. “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure.” — Peter Marshall
302. “I’ve had a hip replacement, I’ve beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, ‘I’m done.'” – Eddie Van Halen
303. “Let’s take our herbal tea and yoga lessons seriously and give your cancer a hard time. And remember—bald is beautiful!”
304. “If you believe in your dream with all your heart, you can achieve it.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
305. “Cancer is a part of our life, but it’s not our whole life.” – Anonymous
306. “Every day is a chance to create a memory and to love a little more.”— Jessi Hooks
307. “At any given moment you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end.” — Unknown
308. “I knew now why people fear cancer: because it is a slow and inevitable death, it is the very definition of cynicism and loss of spirit. So, I believed.”
309. “Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” — Misty Copeland
310. “For every wound, there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, ‘I survived!'” – Fr. Craig Scott
311. “You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.” — Shaun Hick
312. “When I’m having a bad day, I think of you and your positive attitude. You are such an inspiration, and I am so blessed to have you in my life.”
313. “Patience is also a form of action.” – Anonymous
314. “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton
315. “Don’t let pain define you. Let it refine you.” — Tim Fargo
316. “The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” – Moliere
317. “I have seen how difficult going through chemo has been for you and you may not feel like you’re doing well, but to me, you are the most courageous person I know.”
318. “This is the time to put yourself first; to focus all of your energy on healing and looking forward to the day you get to ring the bell in the doctor’s office and leave cancer free.”
319. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at a time of challenge and controversy.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
320. “Cancer affects all of us, whether you’re a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, or patient.” – Jennifer Aniston
321. “Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.” – Alice Walker
322. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
323. “Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.” – George Louis de Buffon
324. “Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy.” — Felicia Hemans
325. “Sometimes you can because you can. Sometimes you can because you have to.”
326. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Don't let cancer cause you to sell yourself short or forget your worth.
327. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
328. “Cancer does not stop your life, giving up your dreams or your goals, it is simply a parameter to manage, no more, no less than all the other parameters of life.” — Gérard Bourrat
329. “There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.” — Ann Jillian
330. “There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.”
331. “Cancer may have started the fight, but I will finish it.”
332. “With diligence, discipline and determination you can fulfill the dream.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
333. “Patience is the key to contentment.” – The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
334. “You’re enough to try the patience of an oyster!” – Lewis Carrol
335. “I’m battling cancer. It’s another battle I intend to win.”
336. “Cancer is a word, not a sentence.”
337. “They say laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have cancer, in which case chemotherapy is much more effective.”
338. “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in your mind.” – David G. Allen
339. “The best way to deal with ‘Change’ is to lead it!” – Clifford L Feightner
340. “Beating cancer is personal battle. It was one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far, and I think I did reasonably well. Touch wood.” – Yuvraj Singh
341. “I began to realize that coming in such close contact with my own mortality had changed both nothing and everything. Before my cancer was diagnosed, I knew that someday I would die, but I didn’t know when. After the diagnosis, I knew that someday I would die, but I didn’t know when. But now I knew it acutely. The problem wasn’t really a scientific one. The fact of death is unsettling. Yet there is no other way to live.”
342. “Cancer picked the wrong diva to mess with! I am so sorry you are going through this, but I know you will fight it with all that you have.”
343. “The journey towards recovery is a rocky one, but with the constant love and support from your friends and family, you will reach your destination!”
344. “The truth is that you can be angry and scared and happy and grateful and tired and fed up at the same time. I guess that’s the gift of cancer.”
345. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
346. “Results from a prospective study of 25,892 Norwegian women clearly showed that consumption in excess of 750 ml of whole milk a day leads to a relative risk of breast cancer of 2.91 compared with consumption of less than 150 ml with a relative risk of 1.0.”
347. [My mom] had this amazing attitude in the face of everything, including when she got cancer. —Bill Clinton
348. “Coffee is already known to be a preventative factor against mild depression, Parkinson’s disease, and colon and rectal cancers.” – Chris Kilham
349. “Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.” – Rabindranath Tagore
350. “What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can’t move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn’t been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won’t be troubling you much longer.”
351. Your life is your story. Write well. Edit Often. You can't control what happens to you, but you can control the way that you handle it. What do you want your story to say?
352. “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.” – Corrie ten Boom
353. “Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too.”
354. “The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.” – Eddie Vedder
355. “Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.” — Vivian Greene
356. Cancer is a word, not a sentence. Cancer is NOT a death sentence. It's just one word in your sentence; one part of your life.
357. “The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” — Blake Lively
358. “Once cancer happens, it changes the way you live for the rest of your life.” – Hayley Mills
359. “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” – Joseph Campbell
360. “I know you are worried about losing your hair, but it can’t make you look any worse than that at-home perm Mom gave you in 1988!”
361. “I can’t imagine how tough this is for you but I wanted to reach out and let you know I’m here if you need anything. You are so brave and inspiring. You make us all so proud.”
362. “Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” —Emory Austin
363. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson
364. “The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.” – Croft M. Pentz
365. “You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
366. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder
367. Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You may not be where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be. It can be easy to get caught up in how far you have to go. Don't forget to look back, and recognize how far you have come. Every day brings you one step closer.
368. “Working out is my way of saying to cancer, ‘You’re trying to invade my body. You’re trying to take me away from my daughters, but I’m stronger than you. And I’m going to hit harder than you.” – Stuart Scott
369. “Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts.”― Nanette Mathews
370. “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”— Thomas Jefferson
371. “From the very beginning you are being told to compare yourself with others. This is the greatest disease; it is like a cancer that goes on destroying your very soul because each individual is unique. and comparison is not possible.” – Osho
372. “My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately after that, I had a horrible betrayal where my brother, who worked for me, stole a lot of my money. He’s in jail now.”
373. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
374. “Be thankful for this day. You are here, breathing and living life. Even if it’s not the life you want or hoped for, it’s life. There’s always something to be thankful for.” – Anonymous
375. “When cancer happens, you don’t put life on hold. You live now.” – Fabi Powell
376. “Hope is the physician of each misery.” – Irish Proverb
377. “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” – Michael Douglas
378. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
379. “Well to be fair, I said, I mean she probably can’t handle it. Neither can you, but she doesn’t have to handle it. And you do.” – John Green
380. “We’re going to buy you the most fabulous earrings. Bald is beautiful, girl.”
381. “With breast cancer, it’s all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do.” – Bill Rancic
382. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt.
383. “If you loved your life before cancer, do not be afraid of life after cancer. You will find beauty again.” – Anonymous
384. “It’s the little things that keep us going.”― Richie Norton
385. “It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.” — Queen Elizabeth II
386. “Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” ― William Wordsworth
387. “Cancer is that awful word we all fear when we go to the doctor for a physical exam, but in that brief dark moment we hear it the world we live in and the people we share it with begin to illuminate things we did not even pay attention to.” – BD Phillips
388. “Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I’d rather not belong to.” – Gilda Radner
389. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
390. “The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.”
391. “Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” —Malala Yousafzai
392. “Your strength is amazing. You inspire me every day.”
393. “Guess what? You officially have a “get out of jail free” card for all those lunches you try to avoid with your in-laws!”
394. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
395. “We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” — William J. Brennan, Jr.
396. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”— Michael Altshuler
397. “When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” – Karen E. Quinones Miller
398. “Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to our eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.” –Brooke Foss Westcott
399. “It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars. Try and find some beauty in your situation. You won’t be the person you were before cancer, but that does not have to be a bad thing.” – Anonymous
400. “I have cancer. Cancer doesn’t have me.” – Marco Calderon
401. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” – Mary Dunbar
402. “Don’t give up. Every day is worth it.”— Hashmat Effendi, breast cancer survivor
403. “Our lie is like a cancer that’s spread to every single area of our lives.” – Simone Elkeles
404. The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.” — Nikolai Lenin
405. “It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.” – Oprah Winfrey
406. “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
407. “We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realise we only have one.” – Lawrence Wray
408. “One day at a time, one step at a time. Do what you can, do your best. Let God handle the rest.” — Michelle Jones
409. “Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.” – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
410. “Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” – Anonymous
411. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
412. “Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.”
413. “On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in an infinite degree, and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong.” – John Ruskin
414. “They say that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? I’m betting on stronger.”
415. “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
416. “Who can say they have been through cancer twice and beat it? Confront the world, Aundrea. You’re alive. Be proud of the strong woman you are and stop hiding behind your wig.”
417. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
418. “Hope is living with courage and confidence, not fear.” — Penny Boldrey
419. “Cancer does not stop your life, giving up your dreams or your goals, it is simply a parameter to manage, no more, no less than all the other parameters of life.”
420. “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
421. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu
422. “A cancer diagnosis changes you forever. You always remember the moment it came.” – Anonymous
423. “Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.” – Bruce Barton
424. “Without hair, a queen is still a queen.” – Prajakta Mhadnak
425. “Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence; it pushes one to live.” — Marcia Smith
426. “I’ve always loved journaling as a way to clear my mind. Whether I’m traveling or at home, the first thing I do when I wake up is pull out my notebook and record positive things that have happened to me as well as uplifting thoughts.” – Gloria Reuben
427. “Trust the process. Your time is coming. Just do the work and the results will handle themselves.” – Tony Gaskins
428. “Remember how far you’ve come in your fight against this awful disease, not just how far you have to go. You may not be where you want to be, but you are a long way from where you used to be.”
429. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” ― Helen Keller
430. “A bad day doesn’t cancel out a good life. Keep going.”― Richie Norton
431. “It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald
432. Optimism: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster; it's more like a cha-cha. You may not be where you want to be right now, but you're just doing the dance that is called life.
433. “Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.” – Plautus
434. “You’ve probably wondered to yourself why this is happening to you. God will never give us more than we can handle. He knows you are a warrior, and so do I.”
435. “Cancer taught my family that my mom is much stronger than we ever thought. Faced with a devastating diagnosis, she just kept going and living, never complaining.” – Richard Grenell
436. “There is power in faith. Have faith that God will watch over you and protect you.”
437. “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” — Samuel Smiles
438. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins
439. “Learning patience can be a difficult experience, but once conquered you will find life is easier.” – Catherine Pulsifer
440. “Well, you always wondered what smoking weed was like. Now, you can find out.”
441. “I had cancer. Cancer never had me. You are not defined by what you are going through. Cancer will never have you. You are much more than your disease.” – Anonymous
442. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today, let us begin.” — Mother Teresa
443. “Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” — G. K. Chesterton
444. “I think loneliness probably kills more people than cancer.” —A Simple Favor
445. “You are in everyone’s thoughts during this difficult time. Take it easy and do whatever you need to do to feel better.”
446. “Love and laughter are two of the most important universal cancer treatments on the planet. Overdose on them.” — Tanya Masse
447. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have”
448. “This must be a really tough time for you, but I wanted to let you know that I’m so impressed by your courage and endurance.”
449. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” — Milton Berle
450. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1
451. “Staying silent is like a slow-growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself.”
452. “I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.” – Paulo Coelho
453. “Watching you battle your way toward health has been inspirational for me. You’re the strongest person I know, and I can’t wait for you to get well and feel like your old self again.”
454. “You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.” — Dave Pelzer
455. “Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.” – Leonardo da Vinci
456. “Cancer is a journey, but you walk the road alone. There are many places to stop along the way and get nourishment – you just have to be willing to take it.” – Emily Hollenberg
457. “I know this is a really exhausting time in your life. Even if it doesn’t feel like it, you’re doing so well. I can’t imagine how I’d handle this situation, but I know that I wouldn’t be able to pull it off with the grace and strength that you display!”
458. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
459. “Sending good vibes and positive thoughts your way as you start your chemo. I hope the things in this gift basket help you pass the time during treatment.”
460. My mom [has] always been my hero. Watching her experience something like breast cancer was pivotal, I think in my whole family’s life and experience. She is one strong lady. —Emma Stone
461. “I’m so impressed by your courage and endurance. This is really tough time for you, but you’re getting through it each day. I know it can’t be as easy as you make it look.”
462. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
463. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
464. “Feed your faith, and your fears will starve to death.” — Unknown
465. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy (If this one doesn’t bring inner peace, I’m not sure what will!)
466. “Always remember that motivation gets you moving, but determination keeps you going.”
467. “Acceptance of death and cancer did not mean I intended to give up, just the opposite. I was prepared to fight cancer not out of fear of dying, but out of the joy of living.” – Edie Littlefield Sundby
468. “Every day, I pray that God watches over you and continues to give you the strength to fight this battle. I can’t imagine how exhausted you are from struggling with all of this, and I am so inspired by your bravery.”
469. “Cancer is a journey, but you walk the road alone. There are many places to stop along the way and get nourishment. You just have to be willing to take it.” – Emily Hollenberg
470. “Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”
471. “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali
472. “I’m here for you, my friend. Whatever you need, know that I’m going to be right here for you.”
473. “The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” – Arnold H. Glasow
474. “Most great people have attained their greatest success one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill
475. “Be thankful for what you have and you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
476. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
477. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
478. “I was proud of myself for how well I ‘managed’ and refused to give up on my dreams.” ― Kristen Butler
479. Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. Everyone has scars—whether you can see them or not. Wear yours with pride.
480. “You have to fight because if you don’t, you let the opponent win, and if your opponent is cancer, the results can be deadly.” – Lawrence Wray
481. “Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.” — Hubert Humphrey
482. “Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things – with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.” – Corazon Aquino
483. “Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.” – Elon Musk
484. “Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.” — Unknown
485. “Cancer is not a straight line. It’s up and down.” – Elizabeth Edwards
486. “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle (but often incorrectly attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
487. “We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.” — Lance Armstrong
488. “Bravery and courage are two of your greatest assets. I have no doubt that you will beat cancer and come out stronger on the other side.”
489. “Today we fight. Tomorrow we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this disease plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch, ’cause it’s gonna have a long day doing it.” – Jim Beaver
490. “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs
491. “We can reduce these cancer rates – breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer – by 90 percent or more by people adopting what I call a nutritarian diet.” — Joel Fuhrman
492. “There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.” — William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
493. “Cure the symptoms, cure the disease.”
494. “You are no less or more of a man or a woman or a human for having depression than you would be for having cancer or cardiovascular disease or a car accident.”
495. “Don’t despair, determined to keep going.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
496. “Once cancer happens it changes the way you live for the rest of your life.” – Hayley Mills
497. “Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.” — Kris Carr
498. “Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.” — Grace Coddington
499. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” — Amelia Earhart
500. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” — Oprah
501. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.”– Robert Collier
502. “I am grateful to be alive and still have the quality of life which makes it possible for me to spread awareness related to the benefits of detecting prostate cancer early.” — Mical J. Roy
503. “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama
504. “Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill
505. “You are strong. You can do this.”
506. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
507. “Whether you’re a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn’t discriminate.’ – Stephanie McMahon
508. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
509. “At any given moment, you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end.” – Christine Mason Miller
510. “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin
511. “All we’ve got is hope, and we hang on to that every single day.” – Caleb Scott
512. “It’s not about being superhuman, it’s about realizing that being human is super!” – Sadhguru
513. “We wanted to let you know that you are not alone, and we love and care about you so much.”
514. “Just wanted to write you a note to wish you love and strength during this difficult time. Sending you healthy thoughts!”
515. “I won’t let cancer define me, but I’ll use my journey to help others.” – Douglas Clarke
516. “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” – Franklin P. Jones (I’m sure there are a few parents out there who can attest to what patience means!)
517. “PRAY without ceasing’ and take praise breaks all throughout your day!” ― DeBorrah K. Ogans
518. Don't look back. You're not going that way. Don't waste time worrying about the things that you cannot control; such as the past. Keep moving forward.
519. “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
520. “Coffee is already known to be a preventive factor against mild depression, Parkinson’s disease, and colon and rectal cancers.” — Chris Kilham
521. “We are surrounded by adversity but we shall triumph because we have a greater spirit.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
522. “I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know WHO holds tomorrow.” – Sigrid Devida
523. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
524. “Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.” — Michael Douglas
525. “It is your determination and persistence that will make you a successful person.” –Kenneth J Hutchins
526. “Even in the toughest of times, you continue to inspire me. I can’t wait for you to get well so we can hang out again!”
527. There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.
528. “If you’re not okay, that’s okay. It will happen sometimes. But you have to tell yourself that things will be better tomorrow. Even if they’re not better tomorrow, keep telling yourself they will be. Because eventually, tomorrow will be better.” – Sam Miller
529. “Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.”
530. “Everything you can imagine is real.”― Pablo Picasso
531. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.”
532. “I now know why people fear cancer: because it is a slow and inevitable death, it is the very definition of cynicism and loss of spirit. So, I believed.” — Lance Armstrong
533. There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.
534. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.” – Stuart Scott
535. “Always be inspired on every trial you face for these are stepping stones for a higher purpose” – Juano Ocampo
536. “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.”
537. “Close scrutiny will show that most ‘crisis situations’ are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.” – Maxwell Maltz
538. “I bought you these healing crystals. I don’t think they actually do anything, but they’re pretty, and they make great weapons. I thought you’d appreciate that.”
539. Be thankful for this day. You are here, breathing and living life. Even if it's not the life you want or hoped for, it's life. There's always something to be thankful for.
540. “Cancer served a real purpose, making me a little bit more conscious of time.” — Gloria Steinem
541. “You are not facing cancer alone. We will get through this together.”
542. “I said a prayer for you today, that God would touch you with His healing hand and give you the comfort and peace you need to get through.”
543. “Never, never, never give up.”
544. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” ― Demi Lovato
545. “A constructive, useful life, good works, and good relationships are as valid as writing poetry or inventing a machine. Anything that one does well and obtains satisfaction from is a good enough reason for living. To be a decent human being that people like and feel better for knowing is enough.” – Robert Gould
546. “Don’t let anyone convince you, ever again, that you’re nothing without them.”― Julia Ash
547. “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. You don’t know how you’ll answer the door when your groceries are delivered. But you also find that you’re stronger than you’ve ever been. You’re clear. Your mortality is at an 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
548. “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” — Oprah
549. Births and cancer treatments are so expensive, it’s a luxury to live, a privilege to die.” – J. Andrew Schrecker
550. “Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You may not be where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.” — Rick Warren
551. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”— Frank Ocean
552. Our lie is like a cancer that’s spread to every single area of our lives. – Simone Elkeles
553. “Cancer is only going to be a chapter in your life, not the whole story” – Joe Wasser
554. My mom has always been my hero. Watching her experience something like breast cancer was pivotal, I think, in my whole family’s life and experience. She is one strong lady. — Emma Stone
555. “Surviving cancer is not the end of a gruesome story. It’s the beginning of a beautiful one.” – Anonymous
556. “Father God, we humbly pray for all those who are fighting cancer. Give them the hope and courage they need each day. Comfort them in their pain and bless them with healing. Strengthen their family, friends, and caregivers. In Jesus name, Amen.”
557. “Once cancer happens it changes the way you live for the rest of your life.”
558. “To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution.” — Jo Coudert
559. “Let’s become herbal tea aficionados. All those antioxidants are sure to help cleanse your system and fight the cancer cells.”
560. “Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk.”
561. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
562. “The greatest power is often simple patience” – E Joseph Cossman
563. “I have cancer. Cancer doesn’t have me.” — Marco Calderon
564. “I think patience is a skill, and I don’t have it” – David Duchovny
565. “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” – Anonymous
566. “My mother told me, ‘Son, nobody else but God knows.’ And that’s what I’m about, reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.” – Mr. T
567. “A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.”
568. “I’m happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me.” – Carly Fiorina
569. “Laughter may have some healing properties, but I like the odds of chemo and radiation.”
570. “Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
571. “Faith is daring to go beyond what the eyes can see.” — Unknown
572. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t.” — Thomas Edison
573. “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.”
574. “In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
575. “Cancer doesn’t care, so you have to.” — Crystal Brown-Tatum
576. “I dwell in possibility.” —Emily Dickinson
577. “To lose patience is to lose the battle.” – Mahatma Gandhi
578. “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present.” – Buddha
579. “It seems like forever ago that you began chemo, and now you are so close to the finish line! I can’t wait to celebrate with you once it’s all over!”
580. “We can only appreciate the miracle of the sunrise if we have waited in the darkness.”
581. “HOPE is living with COURAGE and CONFIDENCE, not FEAR.” – Penny Boldrey
582. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”
583. “You know, once you’ve stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.” – David H. Koch
584. “To continue believing in yourself, believing in the doctors, believing in the treatment, believing in whatever I chose to believe in, that was the most important thing, I decided. It had to be.”
585. “For every wound, there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, ‘I survived!’” – Craig Scott
586. “I am praying for you.”
587. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live. — Stuart Scott. Live your life by your own terms, not cancer's.
588. “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill
589. “God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.” – Unknown
590. “Precious’ is strangely uplifting. It goes down into the valley but it also goes to the mountain tops. A lot of difficult realities are explored in ‘Precious,’ but the peaks make the valleys and the valleys make the peaks.” – Geoffrey S. Fletcher
591. Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. — Oprah. There is no time for negative energy during cancer .You need to be around people who inspire, challenge, and make you better.
592. “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
593. “I know you feel overwhelmed right now with everything that is happening, I hope things will get easier.”
594. “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” — Scott Hamilton
595. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”— Earl Nightingale
596. “Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher.” — Oprah Winfrey
597. “All great achievements require time.” – Maya Angelou
598. “You’re on your way, my man. Keep going.”― Vincent H. O’Neil
599. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” — Cayla Mills
600. “Sending good vibes and positive thoughts your way. I’m so lucky that I get to know you. You’re one of the biggest role models in my life. I know this is a super difficult time, but you’re the strongest person I know. There’s no one else I would rather support while they go through this awful season in their life. I pray for you every morning when I wake up. So excited that you’re wrapping up chemotherapy!”
601. “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” – Les Brown
602. “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. You don’t know how you’ll answer the door when your groceries are delivered. 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.”
603. “Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who possesses God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.” – St. Teresa of Avila
604. “The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.” – Paulo Coelho
605. “Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to care. Let your words heal, and not wound.” – Unknown
606. “You are so determined to beat this cancer, and I’m so proud of you. You are an inspiration to everyone around you!”
607. Never give up. Never give in. Never, ever, ever give up.
608. “There is no hope unmingled with fear, no fear unmingled with hope.” – Baruch Spinoza
609. “The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” —Bertrand Russell
610. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon
611. “There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.” ― Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees
612. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
613. “The failure to think positively can weigh on a cancer patient like a second disease.”
614. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” – Ambrose Redmoon
615. “Remember that year when your number one goal was to survive? Oh yeah, that’s right now!”
616. “People who said ‘I am here for you’ were some of the sweetest words I ever heard.” — Sylvia Ramsey Savage
617. “You are so much stronger than you think. Keep on fighting and don’t give up.”
618. “I Won’ is not a love song. It’s just me uplifting women in general. I’m giving women the power to treat themselves as a trophy – to show that and know it in yourself and be confident – because when they do that, whoever they’re with is winning.” – Nayvadius Cash
619. “Start from today, Or there will be no tomorrow.” ― Abed Rahmani
620. “Cancer is only going to be a chapter in your life, not the whole story.” – Joe Wasser
621. “Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” – Misty Copeland
622. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
623. “Cancer is a marathon – you can’t look at the finish line. You take it moment by moment, sometimes breath by breath, other times step by step.” – Sarah Betz Bucciero
624. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ― Thomas Paine
625. “Depression is a treatable medical illness like cancer and heart disease.” — Judith Peacock
626. “Patience is the art of hoping.” – Luc de Clapiers
627. “Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” – Benjamin Franklin
628. “Life is about discovering your passion and creating a fire to burn inside of you. Let your passion drive you!” ― Chris Burkmenn
629. “It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright.” — Robin Roberts
630. “Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” —Farrah Gray
631. You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” — Cayla Mills
632. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney
633. “Patience is a key element of success.” – Bill Gates
634. “No matter what the statistics say, there is always a way.” — Bernie Siegel
635. Broken crayons still color. Nobody's perfect. If you feel broken, don't let that determine your worth. You can still do so much.
636. “Don’t resist the growing pains, push through them.”― Germany Kent
637. “You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset.”
638. “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” – Sonia Ricotti
639. “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.” — Catherine Cook
640. When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven't. —Thomas Edison. Keep searching for what you're looking for. You will find it.
641. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t.”
642. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” — Winston Churchill
643. “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” —Wilma Rudolph
644. “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
645. Acceptance of death and cancer did not mean I intended to give up, just the opposite. I was prepared to fight cancer not out of fear of dying, but out of joy of living.” — Edie Littlefield Sundby, The Mission Walker
646. “A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for.” – Albert Einstein
647. “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.” — Isaiah 43:2
648. “I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well.”
649. “Cancer is the be-all and end-all of the sport, and the only thing you can do is show up to the game with your jersey on.” — Colleen Hoover, November 9
650. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”― Zig Ziglar
651. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker
652. “The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror.” – Ernst Junger
653. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
654. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller
655. “I’m a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I’m fine.” — Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes
656. “When you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.” — Banksy
657. “Beating cancer is a personal battle. It was one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far, and I think I did reasonably well. Touch wood.”
658. “You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.” – Irish Proverb
659. “Never stop believing in your extraordinary inner strength. It has brought you this far and will guide you as you beat this cancer!”
660. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
661. “Cancer can only control a “body” but our will and our spirit are forever our own.” — Lynda R. Baio
662. “Cancer is a journey, but you walk the road alone. There are many places to stop along the way and get nourishment – you just have to be willing to take it.”
663. “Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence; it pushes one to live.” – Marcia Smith
664. You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved. — Unknown
665. “I decided right then and there that no matter what cancer did to me I would continue to move. Movement was what the physical body was designed to do; it was how it coped and functioned. Movement was vitality. It was life. I would move. Always. No matter what. Until my last breath, I would move.”
666. “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” —Earl Nightingale
667. “When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that’s a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.” – Norm Macdonald
668. It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars. Try and find some beauty in your situation.
669. “Patience can’t be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.” – Eknath Easwaran
670. “God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.” – Anonymous
671. “Sure, life just handed you a big bowl of lemons. Instead of making lemonade, I say we make lemon drop punch.”
672. “Cancer taught my family that my mom is much stronger than we ever thought. Faced with a devastating diagnosis, she just kept going and living – never complaining.” — Richard Grenell
673. “Since I had cancer I’ve realised that every day is a bonus.”
674. “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
675. “You have faced every doctor’s appointment with grace and strength, and I am in awe of how strong you are!”
676. “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” ― Roy T. Bennett
677. “Cancer is so limited…It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot corrode faith. It cannot eat away peace. It cannot destroy confidence. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot shut out memories. It cannot silence courage. It cannot reduce eternal life. It cannot quench the Spirit.”
678. “I do not wish my anger and pain and fear about cancer to fossilize into yet another silence, nor to rob me of whatever strength can lie at the core of this experience, openly acknowledged and examined… imposed silence about any area of our lives is a tool for separation and powerlessness.”
679. “On the bright side, you won’t have any bad hair days for a while!”
680. “Cancer is that awful word we all fear when we go to the doctor for a physical exam, but in that brief dark moment we hear it, the world we live in and the people we share it with begin to illuminate things we did not even pay attention to.” – BD Phillips
681. “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A.A. Milne
682. “We’ll get through this together. You’re not facing cancer alone.”
683. “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”— Walter Bagehot
684. “Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.” – Francis Bacon
685. “If I keep grinning maybe my inoperable colon cancer won’t hurt so much.” — Tony Millionaire
686. “Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.” – Patti Smith
687. “Cancer is only going to be a chapter in your life, not the whole story” — Joe Wasser
688. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift – that’s why it’s called ‘the present.’” – Bill Keane
689. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” — Helen Hayes
690. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote
691. “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams
692. “We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.”
693. “I am struggling to find the right words to write on this card, so I’ll just say this: I’ll always be here for you.”
694. “Working out is my way of saying to cancer, ‘You’re trying to invade my body; you’re trying to take me away from my daughters, but I’m stronger than you. And I’m going to hit harder than you.”
695. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis
696. “I want to be here for you in any way that I can. Is it okay with you if I schedule a cleaning service to come in next week?”
697. “When the day comes that you are cancer-free, I will be there to celebrate right alongside you. Keep up that positive attitude because you’ve got this.”
698. “Patience is the road to wisdom.” – Kao Kalia Yang
699. “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ― A.A. Milne
700. “The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.” – Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin
701. “Our way is not soft grass; it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.” – Ruth Westheimer
702. “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.”
703. “More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.”
704. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
705. “My father’s death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter.” — Zoe Wanamaker
706. “If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.” – A.A. Milne: Winnie the Pooh
707. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’” — Mary Anne Radmacher
708. “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
709. “You know, once you’ve stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.” – David Koch
710. “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” – Dale Carnegie
711. “The person with the Greatest HOPE, has the Greatest INFLUENCE.” ― Bill Johnson
712. “There has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free.” – Alexander the Great
713. “You know, once you’ve stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.”
714. “Do you want to look up holistic doctors or specialists? I’ll roll up my sleeves and help you do the research any time you want. We’ll find the best of the best.”
715. “Don’t aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally.” ― David Frost
716. “Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
717. “The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.” –Bette Davis
718. “Patience is not passive. It is concentrated strength” – Bruce Lee
719. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”― Confucius
720. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
721. “Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. Don’t sell out.” – Christopher Reeve
722. “All good things come to he who waits.” – Proverb
723. “I am so sorry to hear about your cancer diagnosis. I am here to support you in any way that I can and have no doubt that you will be back to your usual self one day soon.”
724. “When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars.” — Oscar Wilde
725. “You have to fight, because if you don’t, you let the opponent win. And if your opponent is cancer the results can be deadly.” – Lawrence Wray
726. “It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them, but it takes an entire lifetime to forget them.”
727. “You have to fight because if you don’t, you let the opponent win. And if your opponent is cancer, the results can be deadly.” – Lawrence Wray
728. “Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
729. “Cancer is the be-all and end-all of the sport, and the only thing you can do is show up to the game with your jersey on.” — Colleen Hoover
730. “The important thing is not how many years in your life but how much life in your years.” – Edward J. Stieglitz
731. “Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don’t forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.” – Regina Brett
732. “Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth
733. “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” – William Samuel Johnson
734. “I know it’s easy to wonder why this is happening to you. I don’t know why either. But I’m honored to be able to support you in this difficult, challenging journey toward wellness. No matter how long it takes, I’m here for you. I look forward to watching you get well, one step at a time.”
735. “Cancer, any type of cancer, is terrible. We don’t realize what it actually feels like until it happens to ourselves, and it is terrible. All the emotion we go through and the strength we need to build up is hard. We don’t understand how bad it really is.” – Anonymous
736. “I think cancer is a hard battle to fight alone or with another person at your side, but I will say having someone to pick you up when you fall, standing by your side through every appointment and delivery of bad news, is priceless.” — Jenna Morasca
737. “We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression.” – Kay Redfield Jamison
738. “How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.” – Norman Vincent Peale
739. “Well, there is one positive thing to your diagnosis: Now you can play the cancer card!”
740. “Remember that all cancers are not the same. Take each day as it comes and spend time doing things you enjoy with your loved ones.” — Robin Squellati
741. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain
742. “Stay patient and trust the journey.” – Anonymous (I try and make this my quote of the day. Everyday!)
743. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
744. “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
745. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” —George Lorimer
746. “You have the best medical care, a strong will, and friends and family who love you. That’s the best prescription for a full and complete recovery.”
747. “All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.” – Thomas a Kempis
748. “An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.” – Gary Hamel
749. “You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”
750. “I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know WHO holds tomorrow.” — Sigrid Devida
751. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift – that’s why it’s called ‘the present.” — Bill Keane
752. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
753. “You have faced many challenges in life and I have seen you fight and come out on top. This cancer is no different. You are a fighter and I know you will come out on top as always.”
754. “Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” — Ingrid Bergman
755. “Give me a chore list. Tell me what your ordinary weekly tasks are and walk me through the basics. Then don’t think about them again. I’ve got them so that you can get well.”
756. “Cancer gave me an understanding of the point of all this. To survive. Most of our lives it is easy but for the moments when it becomes difficult, when accident or sickness or sadness strikes, it’s just about remembering one thing. You must simply survive.”
757. “Patience is the best medicine” – John Florio
758. “The question isn’t who is going to let me: it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
759. “I am sending positive thoughts your way all the time! You are in my prayers as you face this horrible battle. But I know how strong you are and with the support of friends and family you’ll get through this.”
760. “You are such an inspiration fighting through this battle so bravely. Get well soon!”
761. “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.” – Isaiah 43:2
762. “Idleness is sweet, and it’s consequences are cruel” – John Quincy Adams
763. “Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations.” — Zig Ziglar
764. “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” — Thomas S. Monson
765. “You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.” – Joel Osteen
766. “I’m battling cancer. It’s another battle I intend to win.” – Arlen Specter
767. All we’ve got is hope, and we hang on to that every single day.” – Caleb Scott
768. “Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.” – Criss Jami
769. “All we’ve got is hope, and we hang on to that every single day.” — Caleb Scott
770. “It is very strange that the years teach us patience – that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.” – Elizabeth Taylor
771. “How are you doing? If you would like to talk about it, I am always here, and you can call me anytime.”
772. “The key to happiness is forgiveness, forgiving ourselves most of all.” ― Michelle Muriel
773. “Difficult roads can lead to beautiful destinations.” — Kia Wynn
774. “The failure to think positively can weigh on a cancer patient like a second disease.” — Barbara Ehrenreich
775. “Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness.” – Marie Forleo
776. “The truth is that you can be angry and scared and happy and grateful and tired and fed up at the same time. I guess that’s the gift of cancer.” — Mary Elizabeth Williams
777. “Anyone can start a marathon. Only the strongest will finish it, even after they fall.”― Gena Showalter
778. “Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.” – Helen Keller
779. “I’ve known you my whole life. Any time you’ve set out to accomplish something, you’ve done it. Beating cancer is your focus now, and I know you can do it.”
780. “It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop.”– Confucius
781. “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry Truman
782. “Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow – that is patience.” – Unknown
783. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
784. “Every day is one day closer to being done with chemotherapy! I’m counting down on my calendar right along with you. You’ve worked so hard to get through this tough time. I know it’s been super difficult for you and your family. I’m so proud of you. You have what it takes to beat cancer, and I’m so inspired that I get to know someone like you.”
785. “The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked myself, if I was going to die, did I want to do it fighting and clawing or in peaceful surrender? What sort of character did I hope to show? Was I content with myself and what I had done with my life so far? I decided that I was essentially a good person, although I could have been better.”
786. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow.” — Helen Keller
787. “My dad said to me – Work hard and be patient. It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.” – Simon Cowell
788. “The grind you go through glorifies your greatness.”― Hiral Nagda
789. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” – Sara Blakely
790. “There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.” ―Barbara Kingsolver
791. “The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.”
792. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H.G. Wells
793. “Cancer didn’t change me at all. I know lots of people talk about life revelation. I didn’t have that.” – Randy Pausch
794. “Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” – Joseph Addison
795. “The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.” – Ralph Marston
796. “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
797. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”— Malala Yousafzai
798. “A man who masters patience masters everything else.” – Anonymous
799. “Who can say they have been through cancer twice and beat it? Confront the world, Aundrea. You’re alive. Be proud of the strong woman you are and stop hiding behind your wig.” — Amanda Maxlyn
800. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.“ – Frederick Douglass
801. “When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.” — Angela Lynne Craig, Pivot Leadership: Small Steps… Big Change
802. “Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.” – Greg Anderson
803. “I’m going to beat this cancer or die trying.”
804. “Don’t think about it like you are dying from cancer; you are living with cancer. And one day, you’ll be living without it!”
805. When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars. It may be hard to find your silver lining during a cancer diagnosis, but it's there. If you look for it, you will find it.
806. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’” — Audrey Hepburn
807. “Optimism is the foundation of courage.” – Nicholas Murray Butler
808. “I am praying hard for the day that Cancer is just a Zodiac Sign and no longer a Disease…”
809. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman
810. “If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.” — John Paul Jones
811. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined.” — A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
812. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” — W. Clement Stone
813. “If I keep grinning maybe my inoperable colon cancer won’t hurt so much.”
814. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King
815. “In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally.” — Grete Waitz
816. “Love and laughter are two of the most important universal cancer treatments on the planet. Overdose on them.” – Tanya Masse
817. “Be patient. Everything is coming together.” – Anonymous
818. “Cancer is a fight to the death. Either you kill it, or it will kill you. Get ready to brawl.” — Lawrence Wray
819. “To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” — Katherine Paterson
820. “Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn’t afraid of anything anymore.” – Melissa Etheridge
821. “I walk to rid myself of the terror of cancer, and to overcome the fear of it coming back. The fear may never completely fade, but actively engaging life – whatever that may involve – reminds me of the joy each day can bring.”
822. “I had cancer, cancer never had me.”
823. “Since I had cancer I’ve realized that every day is a bonus.” – Geoffrey Boycott
824. “I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.” — Rumi
825. “Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” – Unknown
826. “A life touched by cancer is not a life destroyed by cancer.” — Drew Boswel
827. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” — Napoleon Hill
828. “Today is it! Your last day of chemotherapy treatment!”
829. “Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.”― Miguel de Unamuno
830. “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles
831. “When we are open to new possibilities, we find them. Be open and skeptical of everything.” ― Todd Kashdan
832. “Always remember that God is your helper and protector. I will continue to pray that He restores your good health.”
833. “When you notice that you’re having negative thoughts about how all of this is going to pan out, you need to remind yourself that you are not a very good fortune teller.” — Donna W. Hill
834. “Cancer is a word, not a sentence.” — John Diamond
835. “Everything is hard before it is easy.”― Goethe J.W.
836. “The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott
837. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes
838. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
839. “Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.”― Alex Trebek
840. “Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.”
841. “I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do, but because I didn’t want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could no longer be.” – Yuvraj Singh
842. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” – Estée Lauder
843. “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein
844. I can and I will. There's no other option. Tell yourself this affirmation every day - through treatments, doctors visits, and whatever else comes your way.
845. “It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.” —Amelia Barr
846. “Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn’t afraid of anything anymore.”
847. “This journey has been a rocky one, and I know there have been times when you’ve wanted to give up. But take a look behind you and see how far you’ve come. You are amazing.”
848. “We’ll get through this together, knowing there are brighter days ahead for both of us.”
849. “You have to be willing to give up the life you planned, and instead, greet the life that is waiting for you.” – Joseph Campbell
850. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.” – Helen Keller
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