Breast Cancer Quotes Inspirational | Breast Cancer Survivor Quotes

The most significant and alarming consequence of early maturation is an increased risk for breast cancer in adulthood. — Joel Fuhrman

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

Don’t delegate your survival to the doctors and hope for the best. You have to participate in your own cure. You have to fight. – Lawrence Wray

We can reduce these cancer rates – breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer – by 90 percent or more by people adopting what I call a nutritarian diet. — Joel Fuhrman

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

My diagnosis flung me into despair until it hit me: I’m alive. – Dana Dinerman

Cancer doesn’t care, so you have to. –  Crystal Brown-Tatum

The only person who can save you is you. – Sheryl Crow

Breast Cancer Survivor Quotes

Live your life on your own terms, not cancer’s. -- Unknown

When it rains, look for rainbows. When it’s dark, look for stars. It may be hard to find your silver lining during a cancer diagnosis, but it’s there. If you look for it, you will find it.  -- Unknown

There is no time for negative energy during cancer. You need to be around people who inspire, challenge, and make you better. -- Unknown

Cancer is a word, not a sentence. Cancer is NOT a death sentence. It’s just one word in your sentence; one part of your life.  -- Unknown

Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You may not be where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be. It can be easy to get caught up in how far you have to go. Don’t forget to look back, and recognize how far you have come. Every day brings you one step closer. -- Unknown

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined. Don’t let cancer cause you to sell yourself short or forget your worth. -- Unknown

Never give up. Never give in. Never, ever, ever give up.  -- Unknown

 I had cancer, cancer never had me. You are not defined by what you are going through. Cancer will never have you. You are much more than your disease. -- Unknown

I remember thinking, ‘I will do anything and everything I need to do to stay alive for my daughter and make sure this has the least amount of impact on her life.’ ... There are a lot of young moms going through this and I want them to know, ‘Hey, I can do this too!’ — People(Jessica St. Clair)

The decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer ... On a personal note, I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity. — The New York Times(Angelina Jolie)

When you hear those three words, ‘You have cancer’ — wow — that’s coming face to face with your mortality. You never think that you’re not here forever.-- Suzanne Somers

I do feel different, but I can’t quite articulate how. I’ve come out the other side of this, and I’m still not exactly sure how to define the difference other than to say I’m grateful, of course, but it’s more than that. It’s bigger. --Julia Louis-Dreyfus

I won’t let cancer define me, but I’ll use my journey to help others. -- DOUG CLARKE

By embracing my situation, I took back the power. -- JUSTIN SANDLER

Let go of things you can’t control. -- NATE BATTLE

Just because I can’t control what life throws at me, doesn’t mean I can’t control how I handle it. -- DEVIN DUNCAN

I look at my cancer as any chronic disease. -- FRANK SIERAWSKI

Parents with children who have cancer: I was your child 30 years ago, and I’m here today.  - ST. BALDRICK'S

Cancer no longer rules my life — I’m getting back to myself. I’m healed as much as anybody who’s gone through this can be, and I will continue to support and fight alongside my sisters. Once you’re in this family, you’re in for life. — Sandra Lee (In her documentry)

9 Breast Cancer Prevention Tips

1. Avoid gaining too much weight. Obesity increases the risk of breast cancer after menopause when the disease is most prevalent. Maintain a body-mass index of 25 or below to avoid gaining weight over time (calculators can be found online).
2. To keep the scale from tipping, eat a nutritious diet. Adopt a diet that is heavy in fruits and vegetables and low in sugary drinks, refined carbs, and greasy foods. Eat fish or chicken breast for a low protein source, and red meat in moderation if at all. Consume entire grains. Vegetable oils are preferable to animal fats.
3. Continue to be physically active. Increased physical exercise, even if started later in life, appears to cut overall breast-cancer risk by at least 10%, according to research. This preventive effect can be obtained with only modest activity, such as a 30-minute walk five days a week.
4. Drink only a small amount of alcohol, if at all. Consumption of alcoholic beverages has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. Regardless of the type of alcohol, women should limit themselves to one drink per day.
5. Hormone replacement therapy should be avoided. The use of menopausal hormone therapy raises the risk of breast cancer. If you need hormones to control menopausal symptoms, stay away from those that contain progesterone and use them for no more than three years. Hormonal lotions and gels, as well as "bioidentical hormones," are no safer than prescription hormones and should be avoided.
6. Take an estrogen-blocking medication. Women over 60 who have a family history of breast cancer should talk to their doctor about the benefits and drawbacks of estrogen-blocking medications like tamoxifen and raloxifene.
7. Please don't smoke. Long-term smoking has been linked to an elevated risk of breast cancer in some women, according to research. Do you need assistance stopping smoking? Consider taking part in WebQuit, a Web-based smoking cessation study run by the Hutchinson Center.
8. Breastfeed your children for as long as you can. Breast-feeding mothers have a lower risk of developing breast cancer later in life if they breastfeed for at least a year.
9. Take part in a research project. Several studies at the Hutchinson Center are looking into ways to lower the incidence of breast cancer. Check our website on a regular basis for studies that might be of interest to you. Simply visit www.fhcrc.org and select "How You Can Help. 

Inspirational Cancer Quotes

I think cancer is a hard battle to fight alone or with another person at your side, but I will say having someone to pick you up when you fall, stand by your side through every appointment, and deliver bad news, is priceless.

Life is much better when you choose happiness. Despite your uncontrollable circumstances, you have the choice to choose happiness and to choose life.

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.

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.

Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn’t afraid of anything more.- Melissa Etheridge

Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.- Michael Douglas

Don’t let breast cancer take away the motivation to achieve your dreams ~ Diana Cohen

It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave ~ Mandy Hale

Breast cancer changes you, and the change can be beautiful. – Jane Cook

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. – Cayla Mills

You can be a victim of cancer or a survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset. – Dave Pelzer

It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright. – Robin Roberts

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.

Since I had cancer I’ve realized that every day is a bonus. – Geoffrey Boycott

I’m going to beat this cancer or die trying. – Michael Landon

The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart. – Nikolai Lenin

 Cancer may have started the fight, but I will finish it.

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. – CC Scott

Never give up. Life is worth living. There is life after cancer.

It’s not what they take away from you that counts – it’s what you do with what you have left. – Hubert Humphrey

We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell. – Lance Armstrong

Uplifting Cancer Quotes

Cancer affects all of us, whether you’re a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, or patient. – Jennifer Aniston

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always. – Hippocrates

Never, never, never give up. – Winston Churchill

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.

Breast Cancer Quotes To Survive Cancer

No matter what the statistics say, there is always a way. – Bernie Siegel

I’m here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance. – Wanda Sykes

My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realize that you are not the boss. It is the other way around. – Federico Fellini

Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart. – Greg Anderson

More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.—Sheryl Crow

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

A woman is like a tea bag; you cannot tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. —Nancy Reagan

The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived. —Gilda Radner