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“I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”

“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.”

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”

“Once you choose hope, anything's possible”

“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.”

“Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.”

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

“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.”

“My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.”

“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.”

“Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go.”

“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.”

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.”

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.”