Taboo Quotes

It takes a great deal of strength to be an optimist.

There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better.

I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.

Hope is a moral choice.

I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

What I would say to anybody facing any life challenge or disease is that that is courage - to choose life, to keep looking at what's good.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

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.

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I've always looked at life that way; I've always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I've gone through.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

I have never been worried because when you have hope and peace, you can handle anything.

When you have hope, and you have peace, you can handle anything.

There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.

Have a little faith. Don't give up.

If the finest hour is now, then I'll always be in it.

It's easy to give up, and that's the one thing we cannot do. That's what gives me a reason for working: to leave people with a little more courage, with a little hope that has been nourished. Even if, of course, it's going to disappear, whatever touches one isn't lost forever.

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to 'believe in God' and 'don't give up' to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can't call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

When I wake up in the morning, I don't say, 'Oh, I have cancer. I say 'Another day. How you feeling? Good? Good.'

We cannot give up hope. It's our most important gift.

Having faith and trust that one day things will be greater, it sometimes is the one thing you need to stay positive in a negative situation.

I wanted to tell people that hope is really powerful.

You gotta have faith. You gotta keep your head up.

Never lose hope under adverse situations.