Elizabeth Edwards quotes

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. (Elizabeth Edwards)
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. View quote
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You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one. View quote
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Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable. View quote
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A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live. View quote
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The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. View quote
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Concentrate on the things that matter to you. View quote
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You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. View quote
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Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do. View quote
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It's just a part of our nature to hope. View quote
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I want to reclaim who I am. (Elizabeth Edwards)
A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you. View quote
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I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves. View quote
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I am imperfect in a million ways, but I always thought I was the kind of woman, the kind of wife to whom a husband would be faithful. View quote
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My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them. View quote
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I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being. View quote
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I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us. View quote
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You know, I once read a short story about how much you could tell about people from their shoes. You could tell where they had been, what they did, whether they were real walkers. View quote
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I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me. View quote
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People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child. View quote
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It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home. (Elizabeth Edwards)
Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave. View quote
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I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family. View quote
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Tabloid news is tabloid news. View quote
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Sometimes you get politicians who dig their feet into the sand and aren't willing to listen to another voice. View quote
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Elizabeth Edwards

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Photo: John Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Lawyer
Born: July 3, 1949
Died: December 7, 2010
Quotes count: 86

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