Awareness Quotes

"Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."

- Hosea 6:3

"The questions you ask are more important than the things you could ever say."

- Thomas Freese

"In customer experience, the little things are the big things. Pay attention to every detail."

- Shep Hyken

"As a founder, lay all the possible scenarios -- from best to worst -- in front of you, so you don’t get surprised when something happens."

- Brian Wong

"One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself to the kind of culture shock that occurs when you talk to people who speak a different language."

- Pierre Omidyar

"There is something artificial when everyone is agreeing with each other. It's useful to indulge people who don't agree, and see their viewpoint or force yourself to explain things better."

- David Sack

"I am a 36-year-old person with breast cancer, and not many people know that that happens to women my age or women in their 20s. This is my opportunity now to go out and fight as hard as I can for early detection."

- Christina Applegate

"I can’t stress enough how important it is to get screened and checked for all cancers — and to do self breast-exams."

- Robin Roberts

"I found my lump in a self-exam! Because I was familiar with my body and the lumps, I knew this one felt different. It was in a different place on my breast, and it was hard. If I hadn’t been doing self-exams, I wouldn’t have known that."

- Robin Roberts

"Ultimately, they're just breasts, right? I mean, I love them, they're mine, they're beautiful, but in the grand scheme of things, I would rather be alive, and I would rather grow old with my husband."

- Shannen Doherty

"It drove home, personally, the value of early detection and education and intervention."

- Janet Napolitano

"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

"With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer."

- Betsey Johnson

"There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection."

- Ann Jillian

"Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families — or whether we do these things at all."

- Debbie Wasserman Schultz

"The cancer served a real purpose, making me a little bit more conscious of time."

- Gloria Steinem

"When I was going through my cancer treatment, I learned that you can never ask a stupid question. I asked every single question that came to my mind, and I believe that helped to calm my own anxiety."

- Maura Tierney

"My diagnosis flung me into despair until it hit me: I’m alive."

- Dana Dinerman

"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."

- Stephanie McMahon

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to be really afraid of is if you don’t go get your mammograms."

- Cynthia Nixon

"I would like to take the stigma away. 'Mastectomy,' the word seemed to scary to me at first. After doing research and seeing the advancements, the surgery has come a long way from 20 years ago. The results can be incredible."

- Giuliana Rancic

"I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer, but to act on it, to give themselves an exam."

- Giuliana Rancic

"I have lived over a decade now without a mom. She met only a few of her grandchildren and was often too sick to play with them. My mother fought the disease for a decade and made it into her 50s. My grandmother died in her 40s. I'm hoping my choices allow me to live a bit longer."

- Angelina Jolie

"If a relative has suffered ovarian or breast cancer, get the genetic screening. It saves lives."

- Lisa Jey Davis

"Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family’s story. That’s why I am so passionate about raising awareness because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others."

- DeAngelo Williams

"Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame."

"If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you surely don’t know what you’re doing."

"Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust."

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength."

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you."