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Hopeful Quotes"Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet." More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possiblity of
living beyond cancer." It is difficult to say what is impossible,
Never give up 
Read the latest issue of THRIVE - a magazine published for and about people living with cancer.
Courage "You go through loss, anger, depression and eventually you discover hope. To share this discovery that's the best thing. It puts value and meaning to the diagnosis." 
Don't lose hope. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. When written in Cinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters - one represents danger, the other represents opportunity. Faith is daring to go beyond what the eyes can see. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any
other one thing. Marian Bryant, cancer survivor, offers a message of hope and love.
What Cancer Cannot DoCancer 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. ~~Author unknown So far, I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me, and to stay combative even while taking the measure of my inevitable decline.
I repeat, this is no more than what a healthy person has to do in slower motion. "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. My friend Gilda Radner (who died of
ovarian cancer in 1989 at age 42) used to say, 'If it wasn't
for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and
everyone would want it.' That's true. If it wasn't for the
downside." "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 the safe harbor. Catch
the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how
close they were to success when they gave up." "The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life,
acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can
do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man." Martha Anderson, cancer survivor, describes how she used humor to get through her cancer treatment.
"Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy
to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment,
you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions,
goals, and values are in balance." "Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and
think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play
and work every day some." "Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and
order and rhythm and harmony." "I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few
tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes." "Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation
is to keep his balance." "My private measure of success is daily. If this were to
be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To
live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures
is what I strive for." "Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance
of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares."
"Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting."
"You can't smooth out the surf, but you can learn to
ride the waves." Mark Colter, cancer survivor, offers a story of hope to others dealing with cancer.
"Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably
right" "A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single
step." "Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of
playing a poor hand well." "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to
sail my ship." "Hope is not the conviction that something will turn
out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless
of how it turns out." "None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the
greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily
bread - the art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles
than in growing with them." "Always do what you are afraid to do." "Never, never, never give up" "Most of the important things in the world have been
accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there
seemed to be no hope at all." "Things turn out best for people who make the best
of the way things turn out." "At the timberline where the storms strike with the
most fury, the sturdiest trees are found." "And in the end it's not the years in your life that
count. It's the life in your years." "The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot
be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." "Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity
for kindness." "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 moment wisely and earnestly." "Better to light one small candle than to curse the
darkness." "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every
experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You must do the things you think you cannot do." "Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every
fear is a freedom." "Dealing with it is the operative word. "Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." "Look to this day, for it is life. For yesterday is
already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well
lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every
tomorrow a vision of hope." "Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you
that counts - it's what you do with what you have left." |
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 See Also: Survivors' Day Learn about our event held every year in June. Survivorship Videos We asked those attending our 2009 Cancer Survivors' Day event to share messages of hope, humor and encouragement to others facing cancer On the Other Side of Cancer Survivors talk about the challenges of life after cancer Talking Through the Tears How to start a conversation about dying |
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