Quotes About Terry Fox

#1. It doesn't get more iconic than Terry Fox.

Shawn Ashmore

#2. I know that you can do the impossible.

Terry Fox

#3. It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.

Terry Fox

#4. I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.

Terry Fox

#5. In his talk, Suzuki Roshi says that meditation and the whole process of finding your own true nature is one continuous mistake, and that rather than that being a reason for depression or discouragement, it's actually the motivation.

Pema Chodron

#6. Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to talk and meet with people.

Terry Fox

#7. It snowed all day long, fortunately it didn't stay on the road. It was very, very cold today. Fortunately, the wind was at my back. The terrain was rolly but not big hills. The first miles were like usual tough, but I felt quite good from there till the end of 10 miles.

Terry Fox

#8. I believe in miracles.... I have to.

Terry Fox

#9. It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.

Terry Fox

#10. As long as one keeps searching, the answers will come.

Joan Baez

#11. Dreams are made possible if you try

Terry Fox

#12. It's one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is.

Terry Fox

#13. Ooh..I want one" - Bex
They're not puppies." -Cammie

Ally Carter

#14. He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves.

Terry Pratchett

#15. When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, we'd have $22 million for cancer research, and I don't care man, there's no reason that isn't possible. No reason!

Terry Fox

#16. How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in?

Terry Fox

#17. I think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice and quiet.

Lisa Yuskavage

#18. If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.

Horace

#19. Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me.

Terry Fox

#20. I just wish people would realise that anything is possible if you try. Dreams are made if people try.

Terry Fox

#21. I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life.

Terry Fox

#22. I'm not a dreamer ... but I believe in miracles. I have to

Terry Fox

#23. I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

Lyle Lovett

#24. Somewhere the hurting must stop,

Terry Fox

#25. I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.

Terry Fox

#26. Everybody seems to have given up hope of trying. I haven't. It isn't easy and it isn't supposed to be, but I'm accomplishing something. How many people give up a lot to do something good. I'm sure we would have found a cure for cancer 20 years ago if we had really tried

Terry Fox

#27. If you've given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .

Terry Fox

#28. I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous.

Terry Fox

#29. Even though I'm not running anymore, we still have to try to find a cure for cancer. Other people should go ahead and try to do their own thing now.

Terry Fox

#30. I do what I do for the people who believe in me, not for the jerks who don't.

Terry Fox

#31. The sea is a lonely and hostile place, Captain,' Jansen said coldly. 'It is always best not to make enemies of those who might be your friends. You never know when your ships may cross

Jocelyn Murray

#32. I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit.

Terry Fox

#33. My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around.

Boz Scaggs

#34. Oh, Brown was our lion and Tubman our fox, great-grandson!

Terry Bisson

#35. What happened tonight won't change a thing."
"You're mistaken, Lila. Everything started changing the moment we met.

Stephanie Witter

#36. Equal rights for the sexes will be achieved only when mediocre women occupy high positions.

Francoise Giroud

#37. On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'

Tyra Banks

#38. Life's changes creates confidenc!

Sue Pighini

#39. Son of a Midas
You, sir, are a stupid-head
Here, have an ostrich

Rick Riordan

#40. It's not all peeling grapes, being a handmaiden," said Ptraci. "The first lesson we learn is, when the master has had a long hard day it is not the best time to suggest the Congress of the Fox and the Persimmon. Who says you have to do anything?

Terry Pratchett

#41. Tension seemed natural to her, not a sign of anxiety, but a sign of enjoyment ...

Ayn Rand

#42. I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.

Terry Fox

#43. Some people can't figure out what I'm doing. It's not a walk-hop, it's not a trot, it's running, or as close as I can get to running, and it's harder than doing it on two legs. It makes me mad when people call this a walk. If I was walking it wouldn't be anything.

Terry Fox