Empowering Words: Inspirational Quotes for Breast Cancer Survivors

"You have to be willing to give up the life you planned, and instead, greet the life that is waiting for you."

- Joseph Campbell

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us."

- Samuel Smiles

"Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today, let us begin."

- Mother Teresa

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

- Oprah

"When I was given a short time to live, I was told by one of my kids, ‘Mom, you’re a fighter! Let’s do this!”"

- Mary Bollinger Appelhanz

"People who said ‘I am here for you’ were some of the sweetest words I ever heard."

- Sylvia Ramsey Savage

"Cancer is a word, not a sentence."

- John Diamond

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure."

- Peter Marshall

"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus

"Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today."

- Peter Kuzmic

"Plan for the worst, hope for the best and live for the moment!"

- Tiffany Smith

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift – that’s why it’s called ‘the present.'"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Our way is not soft grass; it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun."

- Ruth Westheimer

"Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who possesses God lacks nothing. God alone suffices."

- St. Teresa of Avila

"Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark."

- Rabindranath Tagore

"I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know WHO holds tomorrow."

- Sigrid Devida

"Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be."

- Sonia Ricotti

"Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken."

- Psalm 62:1-2

"When you go through deep waters, I will be with you."

- Isaiah 43:2

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."

- Psalm 46:1

"Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to care. Let your words heal, and not wound."

"Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."

"God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."

"Cancer cannot cripple love, it cannot shatter hope, it cannot conquer the spirit."