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2011 RFTC Survivor Quotes

Each year at the Survivor Tent at the Race for the Cure® we ask Survivors to provide a quote about their experiences with breast cancer. 

Here are some of the quotes
from our 2011 Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure
Survivor Tent.

“COURAGE DOESN’T ALWAYS ROAR.  SOMETIMES COURAGE IS THE LITTLE VOICE AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT SAYS I’LL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.”, Mary Ann Radmacher
Sandi B-J, Survivor 1996

“FOR 53 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS WITH ALL MY HEART-I HAVE DISCOVERED, TO MY JOY, THAT IT IS LIFE, NOT DEATH
THAT HAS NO LIMITS”, “Love in the Time of Cholera”
Edie I. Leibman, Survivor 1998

“BATTLING CANCER MAY HAVE WEAKENED MY BODY BUT IT EMPOWERED MY SOUL.”
Denise Osborn, Survivor 1998

‘WELCOME TO THE SISTERHOOD OF BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS.  THERE’S NOT A STRONGER PROUDER OR MORE DETERMINED GROUP OF WOMEN OUT THERE.”
Hoda Kotb, Survivor 2007

The Inner Strength that lies in each one of us gives us courage, power and confidence to overcome this disease, at the same time opening us up to unlimited new opportunities.  We have so much to live for: “Dance like you never danced before”.
Nancy Dango, Survivor 2000

“PASSION* PERSISTENCE* PERSERVERANCE* PATIENCE”
Deborah Q. Belfatto, Survivor 1988

“SUCCESS DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN.  IT’S ORGANIZED, PREEMPTED
AND CAPTURED BY CONSECREATED EFFORTS AND COMMON SENSE.”
Darry Lombardi, Survivor 2008

“WHEN YOU’RE GOING THROUGH HELL…. KEEP GOING.”, Winston Churchill
Karen Seeman Beye, Survivor 2003

“EARLY DETECTION SAVED MY LIFE; SURVIVING BREAST CANCER MADE ME A PASSIONATE ‘CRUSADER' FOR THE CAUSE.”
Kathi Edelson Wolder, Survivor 1996

“LIFE THROWS YOU FOR A LOOP, CHANGES DIRECTION, AND SOMETIMES GOES IN REVERSE.  GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE WITH OPTIMISM AND HUMOR AT EVERY TURN!”
Barbara Lane, Survivor 2003

“DETERMINATION: THE RACE IS NOT ALWAYS TO THE SWIFT….BUT TO THOSE WHO KEEP ON RUNNING!”
Marcy Prendes, Survivor 2009

“EVEN THE LONGEST DAY ENDS.”
Randi E. Jeddis, Survivor 2009

“GOD IS FAITHFUL!”
Cynthia Armour, Survivor 2002

“WHAT SEEMS TO US AS BITTER TRIALS ARE OFTEN BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE.”, Oscar Wilde
Penny Rebecca, Survivor 2006

“THIS TOO SHALL PASS”, William Shakespeare
Estela Rangel, Survivor 1993

“WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU A LEMON, MAKE LEMONADE!  YOU GO THROUGH SOMEHTING THAT THREATENS YOUR LIFE;  IT MAKES YOU PUT ALL YOUR PRIORITIES IN ORDER. THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE… FAMILY, FRIENDS, LIVING DAY TO DAY.
Tiffany K. Corbett, Survivor 1992

“LAST YEAR I WAS BLESSED WTH THE GREATEST GIFT FROM GOD, MY DOCTORS, PRAYERS FROM MY HUSBAND, FAMILY & FRIENDS~ THE GIFT OF LIFE.”
Robin Manna, Survivor 2010

“I CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
CANCER CAN NEVER BEST ME WITH GOD ON MY SIDE.”
Joyce Wilder, Survivor 2007

“MEN SHOULD NOT DIE FROM BREAST CANCER OUT OF IGNORANCE”
Mark A. Goldstein, Survivor 1988

“CANCER HAS GIVEN ME SOME UPS AND DOWNS, BUT LIFE IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.”
Yvonne Johnson, Survivor 1979

“BREAST CANCER CHANGES YOU AND THE CHANGE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL.”
Jane Cook, Survivor 1997

“LIVE LIFE LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW..AS A SURVIVOR YOU KNOW THE ODDS.”
Kim L. Nelson-Edwards, Survivor 2007

“THE ONLY THING THAT CANCER DID WAS PISS ME OFF!”
April Flemming, Survivor 2003

“This disease will not define me. It only makes me see things more
clearly and appreciate life more fully.”
Sheri Norton, Survivor 2008

“IN THE MIST OF WINTER I FINALLY LEARNED THAT THERE WAS IN ME AN INVINCIBLE SUMMER.”
Emma D. Quintana, Survivor 1999

“YES THEY’RE FAKE!!  MY REAL ONES TRIED TO KILL ME!”
Tina Weghorst, Survivor 2002

“The minute I see the words breast cancer or hear the words that someone has been diagnosed, I Cry.”
Ronna Gruskin, Survivor 2009

“This was quite a journey.  I had the best doctors who gave me the best options…but I could not have gone through this without the support of my loving family.”
Celia Fasciano, Survivor 2010

“Cancer took away my hair, my boobs, and my energy…but it
never took away my hope and courage to fight this horrible disease!”
Jennifer Goncalves

 

 

 

Do you want to provide a quote for the 2012 Race for the Cure? 

Please send to: cure@komennorthjersey.org