Cancer Quotes: Words to Hold On To

“Hope will never be silent.”

“While there’s life, there’s hope.”

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

“Whatever you do, hold on to hope. The tiniest thread will twist into an unbreakable cord. Let hope anchor you in the possibility that this is not the end of your story, that change will bring you to peaceful shores.”

“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.”

“Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.”

“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”

“Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.”

“Stand in your light and shine brightly because that is how you defeat darkness.”

“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“The potential within you is greater than the obstacles around you.”

“It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright.”

“Today’s caterpillars are tomorrow’s butterflies.”

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”

“When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“Cancer can touch you, but not your soul; neither your thoughts, nor your heart.”

“Cancer is WAY too serious to be taken seriously all the time.”

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

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.”

“One day at a time, one step at a time. Do what you can, do your best. Let God handle the rest.”

“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”

“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

“I’m here. That’s the miracle I’ve been looking for.”

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”

“Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.”

“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.”

“Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see.”

“While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.”

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

“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.”

“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”

“Your deepest valleys lead you to your highest mountaintops.”

“Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you’ve ever been, to stand up taller than you ever were.”

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.”

“Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.”

“The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot.”

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.”

“The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain, he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem, he is challenged by it.”

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’”

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

“Life has two rules: never quit, and always remember rule number one.”

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”

“No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anybody but oneself.”

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow.”

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”

“My cancer scare changed my life. I’m grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.”

“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.”

“I had cancer. It did not have me.”

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”

“Time is a seamstress specializing in alterations.”