Cancer is a horrible disease, and no one should ever go through it. From cancer diagnosis to treatment, the entire process is wholesome for patients and takes a heavy toll on their bodies. For cancer patients, the news of recovery is nothing less than a blessing. However, cancer recovery is difficult, and patients must be mentally strong. Here we have compiled a list of 125 inspirational quotes for cancer patients. These quotes will give you hope and calm your brain to get you through recovery from cancer.
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125 inspirational quotes for cancer patients
1. “Don’t let pain define you, let it refine you.” – Tim Fargo
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2. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
3. “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure.” – Peter Marshall
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4. “Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today, let us begin.” – Mother Teresa
5. “Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.” – Susan Taylor
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6. “Look to this day for it is life. For yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.” – Sanskrit Proverb
7. “Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.”- Misty Copeland
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8. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
9. “Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.” – Unknown
10. “Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.” – Ruth Ann Schabacker
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11. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
12. “Cancer is like a teeter-totter. Sometimes you gotta go down to go back up.”- John Kennedy, colon cancer survivor
13. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
14. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift – that’s why it’s called ‘the present.'” – Bill Keane
15. “Feed your faith, and your fears will starve to death.” — Unknown
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16. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” — Christopher Reeve
17. “The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it
flow with it . . .
and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
18. “Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who possesses God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.”- St. Teresa of Avila
19. “You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset.” – Dave Pelzer
20. My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for. – Jane Rule, American novelist, critic
21. “One day at a time, one step at a time. Do what you can, do your best. Let God handle the rest.” – Michelle Jones
22. “Dealing with it is the operative word. I found myself at seven years not battling it. Not struggling with it, Not suffering from it. Not breaking under the burden of it, but dealing with it.” – Michael J. Fox
23. “Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.” – Rabindranath Tagore
24. “Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” – Ingrid Bergman
25. “Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today.” – Peter Kuzmic
Inspiring Quotes for Cancer Patients
26. “Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today.” – Peter Kuzmic
27. “My cancer scare changed my life. I’m grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.” – Olivia Newton-John
28. “There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.” – William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
29. “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” – Michael Douglas
30. “No matter what the statistics say, there is always a way.” – Bernie Siegel
31. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
32. “For every wound, there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, “I survived!” – Craig Scott
33. “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” – Thomas S. Monson
34. “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.” – Isaiah 43:2
35. “In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
36. “Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” – Unknown
37. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
38. “It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright.” – Robin Roberts
39. “Cancer cannot cripple love, it cannot shatter hope, it cannot conquer the spirit.” – Unknown
40. “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” – Sonia Ricotti
41. “Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today, let us begin.” – Mother Teresa
42. “Don’t get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it’s your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways.” – Iyanla Vanzant
43. “Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.” – Peter Ustinov
44. “When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.” – Stuart Scott
45. “When you’ve finished your treatment, be sure you step out into the world looking ahead, not back.” – Elaine Ratner
46. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank
47. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1
48. “You can’t be brave if you have only had wonderful things happen to you.” – Mary Tyler Moore
49. “Cancer can touch you, but not your soul; neither your thoughts nor your heart.” – Vikrmn, Guru with Guitar
50. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Cayla Mills
Inspirational Quotes for Patients With Cancer
51. “Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” – Ingrid Bergman
52. “Your soul must stay flexible and winged so that you survive when the soil suddenly gives way beneath your feet.” – Rita Tatum, Sass cancer Back
53. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.” – Stuart Scott
54. “Stand in your light and shine brightly because that is how you defeat darkness.” – Leslie Esperanza Espaillat
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. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
57. “Cancer is a marathon – you can’t look at the finish line. You take it moment by moment, sometimes breath by breath, other times step by step.” – Shared by Sarah Betz Bucciero.
58. “The battles of a cancer survivor go down in the books as inspiration and motivation for many other people. You may have been diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, but you have also been given the chance to become a legend.” – Unknown
59. “Cancer is the be-all and end-all of the sport, and the only thing you can do is show up to the game with your jersey on.” — Colleen Hoover
60. “We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.” – Lance Armstrong.
61. “You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” – Amy Bloom
62. “You are not born with a fixed amount of resiliency. Like a muscle, you can build it, and draw on it when you need it.” – Sheryl Sandberg
63. “Love and laughter are two of the most important universal cancer treatments on the planet. Overdose on them.” – Tanya Masse.
64. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t.” – Thomas Edison
65. “You know, once you’ve stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.” – David H. Koch
66. “Don’t let life during cancer be a regret about the way you lived your life before cancer. Let it be a dream about the way you will live life after cancer.” – Unknown
67. “Your strength to suffer pain today will be the pen that writes a new destiny. Just one month of being cancer-free will wipe away the pain of many years of chemotherapy.” – Unknown
68. “Cancer is that awful word we all fear when we go to the doctor for a physical exam, but in that brief dark moment we hear it the world we live in and the people we share it with begin to illuminate things we did not even pay attention to.” – B.D. Phillips
69. “Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.” – Oprah Winfrey
70. “Just because life is pinning you down right now doesn’t mean it won’t let you fly later. Just because cancer is beating you up right now doesn’t mean you won’t beat it later.” – Unknown
71. “Embrace the pain and move forward to give a good fight against cancer and win your crown. Cancer doesn’t even stand a chance again you.” – Unknown
72. “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
73. “How would it feel if you were to be born with the memory, wisdom and experience of an adult? That is exactly how you will feel when you will be born again after recovering from cancer.” – Unknown
74. “If cancer can’t break you, nothing can. If cancer can’t kill you, nothing can. If you can have the courage to fight cancer, you will have the courage to fight anything.”
75. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined.” – A.A. Milne
Inspirational Quotes to Cancer Patients
76. “I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.” – Rummi
77. “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
78. “Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today.” – Peter Kuzmic
79. “Going through the pain of fighting cancer is tough I know, and you are tough. I am here for you through it and will help you every step of the way.” – Unknown
80. “No matter how dark a night, it must be followed by dawn. No matter how painful the fight, cancer must go so you can live on.” – Unkown
81. “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi
82. “Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you’ve ever been, to stand up taller than you ever were.” – Unknown
83. “When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.” – Angela Lynne Craig
84. “When it rains look for rainbows, when it’s dark look for stars.” – Oscar Wilde
85. “Cancer cannot destroy your confidence and faith. It cannot kill your love and friendship because you are so much more powerful than it.” – Unknown
86. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
87. “Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” – Buddha
88. “Even though cancer gives a really hard time, it is worth fighting for life. May God bless you to defeat cancer. Thank you for being an inspiration.” – Unknown
89. “Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.” – Greg Anderson
90. “Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” – Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
91. “Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.” – Aimee Mullins
92. “Cancer is not the ultimatum, you are, and you have the power to win the battle. Here’s to never giving up”. – Unknown
93. “The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it flow with it . . . and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
94. “It’s possible not just to survive but to thrive and to live a healthy, wonderful life again.” – Erika Evans, Cancer Survivor.
95. “Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.” – Hippocrates
96. “If the only miracle we are looking for is the big one … then we will most likely miss the other miracles that are unfolding before our very eyes, each and every day.” – Deacon Wayne Charlton, Rogel Cancer Center Chaplain.
97. “Without hair, a queen is still a queen.” – Prajakta Mhadnak
98. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!'” – Audrey Hepburn
99. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
100. “Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence; it pushes one to live.” – Marcia Smith
101. “Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here, we should dance.” – Unknown
102. “To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” – Katherine Paterson
103. “Faith doesn’t always mean that God changes your situation, sometimes it means he changes you.” – Steven Furtick
104. “I have cancer. Cancer doesn’t have me.” – Marco Calderon
105. “Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don’t forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.” – Regina Brett
106. “The wish for healing has always been half of health.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
107. “You can’t be brave if you have only had wonderful things happen to you.” – Mary Tyler Moore
108. “It’s just one word in your sentence, one part of your life.” – Unknown.
109. “You are not defined by what you are going through. Cancer will never have you. You are much more than your disease.” – Anonymous.
110. “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” – Rumi
111. “For every wound, there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, ‘I survived!”‘ – Fr. Craig Scott
112. “Optimism is a muscle that gets stronger with use. You’ve got to get in the habit. It takes courage to believe the best is yet to come. It was a mindset. Part of it is remembering to focus on the fight, not so much the fright. I also surround myself with positivity and positive people. I like watching comedies and just trying to keep a lightness.” – Robin Roberts, anchor of Good Morning America
113. “Fighting Cancer Is Our Goal. We Can Do It It’s In Our Soul!” – Unknown
114. “Out of the many good things that will come out of cancer, one of the best is that you will know which people really care about you. Use this as motivation to recover as fast as you can, so that you can get out and spend more time with them.” – Cancer Survivour
115. “Doctors can give you all the treatment they want but the real healer is your will to survive. Gather every ounce of hope and tell yourself every day – ‘I have moved a step closer to recovery” – Unknown
116. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Muriel Strode
117. “Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” – Ralph Blum
118. “At any given moment, you have the power to say this is NOT how the story is going to end.” – Anonymous
119. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live. So live. Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, lay down and rest and let someone fight for you.” – Stuart Scott ESPN anchor
120. “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah
121. “Acceptance of death and Cancer did not mean I intended to give up, just the opposite. I was prepared to fight Cancer not out of fear of dying, but out of the joy of living.” – Edie Littlefield Sundby, The Mission Walker.
122. “Take one day at a time. Today, after all, is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Billy Graham
123. “The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.” – Nikolai Lenin
124. “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
125. “At any given moment you have the power to say this is NOT how the story is going to end.” – Unknown
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