Quotes About Cancer Survivor

#1. As a cancer survivor, I am very aware of how many wasted minutes I don't have. The surest way to waste what is left of your life is to worry about what might happen or what might have been.

Shelley Hamlin

#2. I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are familiar with their face, like an actor or a politician. So, I began traveling around the country and doing speeches.

Diahann Carroll

#3. 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!

Chris Geiger

#4. Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

Michael N. Castle

#5. I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

Kathy Bates

#6. Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.

Carly Fiorina

#7. You're actually each other's wingman. You never leave your partner vulnerable. - Graham Warner, husband of fun-loving seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner

Deana J. Driver

#8. I'm never going to give in. I'm never going to give up, and I will fight back with every breath I have.
- Dionne Warner, seven-time cancer survivor and subject of Never Leave Your Wingman

Deana J. Driver

#9. For people who don't know me, I practiced medicine in Casper, Wyoming for 25 years as an orthopedic surgeon, taking care of families in Wyoming. I've been chief of staff of the largest hospital in our state. My wife is a breast cancer survivor.

John Barrasso

#10. My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.

Kate Walsh

#11. Regardless of one victory, two victories, four victories, there's never been a victory by a cancer survivor. That's a fact that hopefully I'll be remembered for.

Lance Armstrong

#12. Heaven is freakin' not ready for me! - seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman

Deana J. Driver

#13. The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father.

Lance Armstrong

#14. Happiness and sorrow are two sides of the same coin called life. Whatever befalls you, walk on unattached.

Sanchita Pandey

#15. I've been talking to people, and I've gone to hospitals, talked to survivors, to doctors, to caregivers. I just learned that there's really no one way for somebody to experience dealing with cancer.

Italia Ricci

#16. I'm not playing 'Survivor' when someone I love has cancer.

Jenna Morasca

#17. Don't worry about whether you can do it, Bailey Bean. Just pretend you can. Pretend enough and it becomes real.

Jill Shalvis

#18. 'Style Strategy' is about shopping smart, staying chic and making it all last. It's about showing women how to shop for value without compromising style.

Nina Garcia

#19. Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away.

Jessica Simpson

#20. I decided to quit 'Survivor: All-Stars' in order to be closer to my mother, who ended up passing away from breast cancer seven days after I returned home.

Jenna Morasca

#21. The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold
if you have one.

Rex Stout

#22. I guess if I'd really thought things through, I would have been prepared for the screams.

Susan Ee

#23. We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place where the beauty of nature and the noblest pursuits of man are in a sweet harmony.

Rabindranath Tagore

#24. You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

Dave Pelzer

#25. I feel so fortunate and grateful to be a survivor of breast cancer. I see it as a gift.

Olivia Newton-John

#26. She couldn't help thinking of it as life after that, as if Julian were trying to bite into the bloody matter of his life, to cauterize the messiness somehow.

Cassandra Clare

#27. Health is real wealth and peace of mind is real happiness. Plant seeds which will bear colorful flowers and make the garden of your life bloom with their fragrance.

Sanchita Pandey

#28. You know, life is long. My shooting career is long.

Matt Emmons

#29. We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

Peter Jennings

#30. It's like a door open at the side of the house and this cool breeze is blowing in over the back of my neck. The breeze is Death whispering and that door is open for me to go through anytime I want. And I want to go through. I want the confusion to stop
no, not only confusion but pain too.

Walter Mosley

#31. The present treatments for brain cancer are not curative. We need new and better treatments. More funding for research. Legislation to improve the research system and to provide better access to care, treatment, and rehabilitation services for all brain tumor survivors.

Shannon O'Brien

#32. Even the false accusations of a person of dubious morality can taint the reputation of an upright servant.

Hock G. Tjoa