Elizabeth Edwards Quotes

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.

Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

Everybody has their burdens, their grief that they carry with them.

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them.

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

Concentrate on the things that matter to you.

Cancer is not a straight line. It's up and down.

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

Almost everybody embraces life.

A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.

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.

I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if I've done the right thing, I will be enlightened. And if I believe, I'll be saved. And that's all he promises me.

I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.

You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

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.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

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.

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

I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.

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.

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.

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.