Cancer Quotes and thoughts

beachcottage

"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, after cancer surgery in 1978

xoxo,Patti

beachcottage

'Hope' is the thing with feathers~Emily Dickinson


'Hope' is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—

xoxo,Patti

beachcottage

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


xoxo,Patti

beachcottage

"When we have hope,

we discover powers within ourselves

we may have never known —

The power to make sacrifices, to endure,

to heal, and to love.

Once we choose hope, everything is possible."



– Christopher Reeve

beachcottage

What Is Courage?

Confronting the dragons
Overcoming the obstacles
Understanding the risks
Really living
Always believing
Going the distance
Expecting the Best



xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

I have seen this quote posted here many times... by many different posters.....Not sure who gets credit for it but it is worth posting..

The only good lump is one that is in a jar.

xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

Hit the road Jack
and don't you come back
no more,
no more,
no more, no more..
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.
What you say?
(Hit the road Jack Lyrics Ray Charles...

beachcottage

Cancer wherever it strikes the body, also strikes the spirit, and the best doctors in the world cannot cure the spirit. Only love and understanding can accomplish this important role.
Betty Ford

xoxo,
Patti

TheShopMama

"I find that my joy is enlarged by understanding that, as a child of God, even my pain has purpose. That realization doesn't eliminate my pain, but it makes it more manageable." -- Patsy Clermont

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Lance Armstrong
During our lives we're faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and have a little hope. The Tour isn't just a bike race, it tests you mentally, physically, and even morally.


Go Lance Go!
xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

“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 you think you cannot do.”

--Eleanor Roosevelt


xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

THE BIG 'C'

The big 'C' I heard someone call it.
another just whispered the word.
That we don't even dare to say "cancer" out loud
gives it power it doesn't deserve.

So I'm giving that letter new meaning
And refusing to give in to fear
By reclaiming the power for you and for me
And by saying these words loud and clear:

Let the "C" be for "Cure" and "Compassion."
Let it stand for the "Candles" we light,
And a "Chorus" of voices shouting, "You 'Can"!
To all who will take up this fight.

Let the "C" be for "Cash Contribution"
("Credit" or Check" will work, too.
Let it stand for "Commitment" and Checkups"
and "Cheer,"
And the "Children" "Counting" on you.

Let it mean that we know our "Creator"
Is beside us each step of the way,
And remind us to "Call" on His strength and His
love
And to "Celebrate" every new day.

To everyone facing this "Challenge,"
I say it's a fight we can win.
Tell all who will listen that, starting today,
The "C' is for "Courage," my friend.

By Kathy Cawthon, cancer survivor



xoxo,
Patti

TheShopMama

Patti thanks so much for this! Seems like I am surrounded by doubters and worriers who keep wanting to remind me of the awful "R" word... Recurrence. My focus tries to stay on just today and God's blessings for this day, but so easily distracted. Thanks for bringing things in perspective! Pam

TheShopMama

You're more important than any of your problems. What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you. Courage gives you the power to face your difficulties. It comes from the reserves of your mind that are more powerful than your outside circumstances. Your obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small. Courage gives you the capacity to confront what can be imagined. It gives you the ability to rise above your present reality. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. (Unknown)

beachcottage

"Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence; it pushes one to live." ~ Marcia Smith







xoxo,

Patti

beachcottage

Never give up,
for that is just the place
and time that the tide will turn.
--Harriet Beecher Stowe

xoxo,
Patti

MJB

"Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror; Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine."...Author Unknown
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

beachcottage

Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt.

Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.
`quote by Roger Bannister`~after becoming the first person to break the four-minute mile, 1952)

xoox,
Patti

beachcottage

You climb a mountain,
edging slowly upwards

Rock by Rock
step by Step one at a time.

From one point to another up the mountain.
From one height achieved to another.
-Anonymous


xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

"I wanted a perfect ending.
Now I've learned, the hard way
that some poems don't rhyme
and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Life is about not knowing,
having to change,
taking the moment and making the best of it
without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity."
Gilda Radner

beachcottage

Difficult times
have helped me to understand better than before,
how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...-- Isak Dinesen


xoxo,
Patti

MJB

"Chemo was like an inside-out exfoliation.My skin is better; I don't break out anymore;my hair is thicker than it used to be.I actually feel better and healthier now."...Melissa Etheridge

Love and warm thoughts.MJB

MJB

"You find out who your friends are.People either rally to support you or fall by the wayside."...Corina Morariu,professional tennis player.
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MJB

"I assumed I'd get skinny after chemo----that would be my silver lining. Instead I got fat!!!!That didn't seem fair. And I still haven't lost the weight."...Cokie Roberts commentator for ABC News,breast cancer survivor.
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

MJB

"Even after my treatment was finished,there was never a feeling that it was over.I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop."...Sandra Steingraber PhD,Biologist
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

MJB

"I was told I had 6 months to live, but after 2 years of treatment, my cancer went away, and it has never returned.It's been 15 years."...Kevin Sharp, country singer, bone cancer survivor

SO ALL YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN "KEEP THE FAITH"
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

MJB

"If you've had cancer, don't sleep alone! Get a pet if you don't have a mate.Sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and your mind plays tricks on you. That's when you need something alive that you can hold on to."...Fran Drescher,actress, author, cancer survivor
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

MJB

"I quickly learned that chemo ruled my Fridays, but it didn't rule my life."...JoAnna Lund, coauthor of "When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Lemon Meringue Pie", breast cancer survivor.
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

MJB

"Cancer made me more in touch with my sexuality. Before, I never felt beautiful or that I was one of those people who deserved to wear lipstick. Finding out that I can have one BOOB, be balding and shedding, made me rethink what beauty is and what it means to be a woman."...Geralyn Lucas, author of "Why I wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, breast cancer survivor.
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

MJB

MYTH****CANCER BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER

"A friend of mine said."You know,your friends don't want to hear about your disease. You need to go to a support group with other people who have cancer."...Sean Patrick,founder of HERA "Climb for life" annual climb,ovarian cancer survivor.
Love and warm thoughts.MJB