Cancer Survival Quotes:

We are all precancerous.

- George Carlin

source: George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.195, Hachette UK

topic: Cancer, Survival, Cancer Survival

Cancer got me over unimportant fears, like getting old.

- Olivia Newton-John

topic: Cancer, Survival, Getting Old, Cancer Survival

Cancer is not for sissies.

- Suzanne Somers

source: "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. March 28, 2001.

topic: Cancer, Survival, Sissy, Cancer Survival

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

- Ingrid Bergman

topic: Inspirational, Encouraging, Cancer, Inspirational Cancer, Inspirational Girl

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

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Cancer, Grateful, Healthy, Inspirational Cancer, Prioritize

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard.

- Cam Newton

topic: Tunnels, Light, Ends, Go Hard, Murphys Law

I see light at the end of the tunnel.

- Walt Whitman Rostow

source: Walt Whitman Rostow (1955). “Russia and China Under Communism”

topic: War, Tunnels, Light, Trippy, Staying Positive In Life

To the pessimist the light at the end of the tunnel is another train.

- Joan Rivers

source: Joan Rivers (1997). “Bouncing back: I've survived everything-- and I mean everything-- and you can too!”, Thorndike Pr

topic: Humor, Las Vegas, Tunnels, Slacker, Aerosmith

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

topic: Inspirational, Encouraging, Cancer, Inspirational Girl, Breast Cancer

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Inspirational, Kindness, Cancer, Overcoming Hardship, Cancer And Hope

Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

- Steven Tyler

topic: Tunnels, Light, Insightful, Slacker, Aerosmith

I'm not sure what Essiac does to extend cancer survival, and for all we know it may not have this effect. On the other hand, it's not toxic and my patients have reported feeling good while taking it, so why not support them?

- Abram Hoffer

topic: Cancer, Hands, Support, Cancer Survival

We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

- Peter Jennings

source: Final ABC broadcast, April 5, 2005.

topic: Cancer, Survival, Diagnosis, Cancer Survival

Cancer Is an opportunity to sit down and look into yourself and find the answers. Yes, it's serious, but it's not the end-all.

- Melissa Etheridge

topic: Cancer, Opportunity, Survival, Cancer Survival

Now I wear my cancer like I wear my blackness I'm proud!

- Mr. T

topic: Cancer, Survival, Proud, Cancer Survival

Cancer is enough to get my attention.

- Charles Grodin

source: Charles Grodin (1993). “How I Get Through Life: A Wise and Witty Guide”, Quill

topic: Cancer, Survival, Attention, Cancer Survival

For those of us who have been diagnosed with cancer, time is a precious commodity. The time and distance from the scientist's lab bench to the patient's bedside must be shortened.

- Larry Lucchino

topic: Distance, Cancer, Benches, Breast Cancer, Cancer Survival

Cancer is everybody's cause.

- Laura Ziskin

topic: Cancer, Survival, Causes, Cancer Survival

Just when you think you're coming out and you think, 'OK, I see the light at the end of the tunnel,' then I got this diagnosis.

- Dana Reeve

topic: Cancer, Thinking, Tunnels, Cancer Survival, End Of The Tunnel

I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK.

- Koo Stark

topic: Cancer, America, Survival, Qualms, Medical Treatment

With cancer, there's always that doubt-that unknown. The only thing you can do is be positive.

- Merril Hoge

topic: Cancer, Survival, Being Positive, Cancer Survival

Ninety percent of cancers are curable in stage one. We spend billions of dollars and over 40 years searching for a cure, and we're not really that close. So why aren't we teaching people the only cure we have now? Early detection is one sh**ty year, versus the rest of your life.

- Yael Cohen

topic: Cancer, Teaching, Years, Cancer Survival

Like with every form of cancer, early detection is what it is all about. I urge everyone to learn the facts about this condition. It can be prevented with testing, and it can be beaten if caught early!

- Rod Stewart

topic: Cancer, Survival, Facts, Cancer Survival

The question was, which would the chemo kill first: the cancer or me?

- Lance Armstrong

topic: Cancer, Survival, Firsts, Cancer Survival

That is the beauty of cancer, it tells you that your days are limited, that you could die at any point. It is that perspective that allows you to live a better life while you're here.

- Shelley Hamlin

topic: Cancer, Perspective, Survival, Cancer Survival

So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What could I do that would be different?

- Michael Milken

topic: Cancer, Survival, Family And Friends, Cancer Survival, Relatives And Friends