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In our mission to help and support people to stay strong through cancer, we have compiled a list of 60 motivational quotes about staying strong through cancer.
Some of the quotes are from celebrities, and we write some. Hopefully, they will inspire you and help you to take life from a different perspective.
Feel free to share them with anyone who needs some words of motivation. Our community is with all of you; no one has to deal with cancer alone.
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60 Motivational Quotes About Staying Strong Through Cancer
1. “A bend in life is not the end till you have the faith the courage to keep moving forward.”
2. “You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset.” – Dave Pelzer
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3. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” – Christopher Reeve
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4. “It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright.” – Robin Roberts
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5. “Cancer may have started the fight, but I will finish it.”
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6. “Cancer is way too serious to be taken seriously all the time.” Tanya Masse
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7. “Cancer is not death sentence, but rather it is life sentence; it pushes one to live.” – Marcia Smith
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8. “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” – Michael Douglas
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9. “Create your own path create your own destination.”
10. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
11. “You stood as a rock in my difficult times. I will stand as mountains in yours.”
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12. “You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground.”
13. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
14. “Yes, I am bit tired, but I have not given up. I will run till I can walk, and I will walk till I can crawl.”
15. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi
16. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
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17. “We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
18. “We become what we think about.” – Earl Nightingale
19. “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 safe harbor, catch the trade winds in you sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain
20. “Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” – Ingrid Bergman
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21 “The player may not be mine, but music is…”
22. “The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.” – Nikolai Lenin
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23. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
24. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
25. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
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26. “Strongest of winds and fiercest of waves could not shake me. I still stand tall with dignity.”
27. “Pay your own music, dance your own dance.”
28. “Obstacle in my way might change my path but never my destination.”
29. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordon
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30. “LOVE AND LAUGHTER ARE TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT UNIVERSAL CANCER TREATMENTS ON THE PLANET. OVERDOSE ON THEM.” – TANYA MASSE
31. “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
32. “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.” – Charles Swindoll
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33. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Maya Angelou
34. “Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.” – Kevin Kruse
35. “In all difficult times, I will always support you. I will never let you fall.”
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36. “If you stumble, make it a part of the dance.”
37. “If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” – Latin Proverb
38. “I have cancer. Cancer doesn’t have me.”
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39. “I got broken into million pieces, only to rebuild myself and comeback stronger.”
40. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
41. “Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
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42. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
43. “Fine balance create music, rest everything is noise…
44. “Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.”
45. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
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46. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.” – Confucius
47. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
48. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso
49. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
50. “Its easy to carve your life in early years difficult to reshape it later.”
51. “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” – W. Clement Stone
52. “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.” – Ancient Indian Proverb
53. “Cancer may have started a fight but I will Finish it.”
54. “Cancer may disable me physically, but it cannot touch my mind, heart and soul.”
55. “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.” – Emily Hollenberg
56. “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.” – Emily Hollenberg
57. “Cancer can touch you, but not your soul; neither your thoughts, nor your heart.” – Vikrmn
58. “Cancer affects all of us, whether you’re a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, or patient.” – Jennifer Aniston
59. “An unexamined life is not worth living.”– Socrates
60. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
Summary
With this, we complete our collection of 60 motivational quotes to stay strong through cancer. Share with anyone battling this disease to inspire them and encourage them to stay mentally and emotionally tough during their journey.