Quotes from Elizabeth Edwards

I want to reclaim who I am.

I'm a recovering lawyer. The practice of law has changed. Every agreement is a fight.

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.

Maybe we all change over time.

You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.

Honestly, I get energized by the crowds. They feed me emotionally.

I'm not worried about me or what's going to happen to me.

I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place.

I've had experiences that, you know, really couldn't be replaced.

I have a husband who adores me.

I hope I have important things to say.

My job is to stay alive until the medicine and research catch up.

I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter.

You wouldn't know I was sick unless you knew I was sick.

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.

I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us.

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

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.

I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine.

Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying.