Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly-inverted nipple, or a red or scaly patch of skin. Inspirational breast cancer quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
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Famous Breast Cancer Quotes
I have a newfound respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery. – Giuliana Rancic
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. – Kenji Miyazawa
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn’t afraid of anything anymore. – Melissa Etheridge
Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn’t afraid of anything anymore. – Melissa Etheridge
Whether you’re a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn’t discriminate. – Stephanie McMahon
There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection. – Ann Jillian
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. – Charles Swindoll
Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all. – Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk. – Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow. – Helen Keller
Life after breast cancer can go back to normal. It’s just the normal that has changed. – unknown
Whether you’re a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn’t discriminate.’ – Stephanie McMahon
Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. – Teddy Rooseveltl
Cancer is a word, not a sentence. – John Diamond
Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family’s story. That’s why I am so passionate about raising awareness, because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others. – DeAngelo Williams
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. – Charles Kettering
You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset. – Dave Pelzer
I had cancer; cancer never had me. – unknown
Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram. – Larry Craig
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too. – Elizabeth Hurley
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. – Albert Einstein
Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself. – Betsey Johnson
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude. – Denis Waitley
Breast cancer is scary, and no one understands that like another woman who has gone through it too. – Mindy Sterling
You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live. – unknown
I personally know women who are breast cancer survivors and will do all I can to support the cause. Besides, I love boobies! – Jane Wiedlin
Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will. – Anonymous
Having cancer does make you try to be better at everything you do and enjoy every moment. It changes you forever. But it can be a positive change. – Jaclyn Smith –
Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections. – Anonymous
With breast cancer, it’s all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do. – Bill Rancic
Don’t let breast cancer take away the motivation to achieve your dreams. – Diana Cohen
I didn’t know anything about breast cancer when I got it. – Rue McClanahan
The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth. – Unknown
If you have any doubt, go back again… Because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right – Kylie Minogue –
Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have. – Anonymous
Cancer can touch you, but not your soul, neither your thoughts, nor your heart. – Vikrmn
Since I had cancer, I’ve realised that every day is a bonus. – Geoffrey Boycott
Breast cancer changes you, and the change can be beautiful. – Jane Cook
I’m going to beat this cancer or die trying. – Michael Landon
I’m here. That’s the miracle I’ve been looking for. – Brian Vaszily
Cancer may have started the fight, but I will finish it. – unknown
Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart. – Greg Anderson
Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart. – Nikolai Lenin
Every man dies. Not every man really lives. – William Wallace
If you have a friend or family member with breast cancer, try not to look at her with ‘sad eyes.’ Treat her like you always did; just show a little extra love. – Hoda Kotb
I’m in good shape. My cancer means I have lost a lot of organs and I’m a lot lighter. I have devoted myself to yoga and I’m doing handstands. – Eve Ensler
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin
I have surgery scars, but I consider them battle scars. – unknown
Beating cancer is personal battle. It was one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far, and I think I did reasonably well. Touch wood. – Yuvraj Singh
While there’s life, there’s hope. – Cicero
Love and laughter are two of the most important universal cancer treatments on the planet. Overdose on them. – Tanya Masse
We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell. – Lance Armstrong
It is not length of life, but depth of life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don’t go get your mammograms. – Cynthia Nixon –
Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me. – Jim Valvano
Today’s caterpillars are tomorrow’s butterflies. – Matshona Dhilwayo
It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright. – Robin Roberts –
Once cancer happens it changes the way you live for the rest of your life. – Hayley Mills
Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism. – Bell Hooks
When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too. – Terri Clark
Fight each round take it on the chin. And never never never ever give in. – Olivia Newton-John
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at a time of challenge and controversy. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I have cancer. Cancer doesn’t have me. – Marco Calderon
Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me. – Ingrid Bergman
The difference between a stumbling block and a steppingstone is how high you raise your foot. – Benny Lewis
I’ve always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it’s better than when you don’t know who to fight. – Carly Simon
I want men to know that things really do get better — and they get better fairly rapidly. Don’t get discouraged. – George Campbell
When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up. – Angela Lynne Craig
Cancer is WAY too serious to be taken seriously all the time. – Tanya Masse
Scars are tattoos with better stories. – Unknown
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. – Samuel Smiles
I believe that breast cancer will soon become something we live with rather than die from… – Lindsay Nicholson
It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln
The potential within you is greater than the obstacles around you. – Matshona Dhliwayo
Show you care. Be aware. – Unknown
