If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell. – Lance Armstrong

Cancer is a word, not a sentence. – John Diamond

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

What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what’s important. I mean, I don’t sweat the small stuff. I used to get angry at cab drivers. It’s not worth it…. And when somebody says you have cancer, you realize it’s all small stuff. And if it weren’t for the downside, everyone would want to have it. But there is a downside. – Joel Siegel

During chemo, you’re more tired than you’ve ever been. It’s like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you’re out. But you also find that you’re stronger than you’ve ever been. You’re clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it’s instantaneous. – Melissa Bank

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. – Author Unknown

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. – Winston Churchill

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

I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. – Anne Frank

Never, never, never give up. – Winston Churchill

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. – Eleanor Roosevelt

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. – Christopher Reeve

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

Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope. – Author Unknown

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Herm Albright

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. – Anthony J. D’Angelo

The only disability in life is a bad attitude. – Scott Hamilton

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. – Robert Brault

Anywhere is paradise; it’s up to you. – Author Unknown

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails. – Author Unknown

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. – Hugh Downs

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. – John Burroughs

It isn’t our position but our disposition which makes us happy. – Author Unknown

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. – Maori Proverb

He who fears something gives it power over him. – Moorish Proverb

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. – Ambrose Redmoon

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. – Dan Rather

In time of test, family is best. – Burmese Proverb