--- title: "10 Battling Cancer Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Battling Cancer quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Battling Cancer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/arlen-specter-4360_another_i-m-battling-cancer-it-s-another-battle_3191758.png" --- > [I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlen-specter/i-m-battling-cancer-it-s-another-battle-i-intend-to-win/) [Arlen Specter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlen-specter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/arlen-specter-4360_another_i-m-battling-cancer-it-s-another-battle_3191758.png) > [“You've heard it all right. People don't have cancer: They are reported to be battling cancer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/you-ve-heard-it-all-right-people-don-t-have-cancer-they-are-reported/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/christopher-hitchens-117_cancer_you-ve-heard-it-all-right-people-don-t-h_441040.jpg) > [In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grete-waitz/in-terms-of-fitness-and-battling-through-cancer-exercise-helps-you/) [Grete Waitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grete-waitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/grete-waitz-17018_cancer_in-terms-of-fitness-and-battling-through_2822525.jpg) > [PLEASE REPOST IN HONER OF THOSE WHO ARE BATTLING CANCER OR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THE BATTLE...AND FOR THOSE WHO WON THE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilia/please-repost-in-honer-of-those-who-are-battling-cancer-or-those-who/) [Camilia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/camilia-9325_cancer_please-repost-in-honer-of-those-who-are_79855.jpg) > [Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/battling-racism-and-battling-heterosexism-and-battling-apartheid/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/audre-lorde-758_apartheid_battling-racism-and-battling-heterosexis_1399328.jpg) > [We all live in this little bubble that we just expect to live forever and I think those of us that have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/we-all-live-in-this-little-bubble-that-we-just-expect-to-live-forever/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/andrew-strauss-8227_forever_we-all-live-in-this-little-bubble-that-w_2083474.jpg) > [We couldn't let anyone know about it at the time, but I wasn't all that healthy at times. I was battling cancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-channing/we-couldn-t-let-anyone-know-about-it-at-the-time-but-i-wasn-t-all/) [Carol Channing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-channing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/carol-channing-20778_cancer_we-couldn-t-let-anyone-know-about-it-at_2385779.png) > [“The secret to battling cancer, then, is to find means to prevent these mutations from occurring in susceptible cells, or to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddhartha-mukherjee/the-secret-to-battling-cancer-then-is-to-find-means-to-prevent-these/) [Siddhartha Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddhartha-mukherjee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/siddhartha-mukherjee-1619_cancer_the-secret-to-battling-cancer-then-is-to_1562879.png) > [The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-armstrong/the-unwillingness-to-accept-anything-short-of-victory-that-underlying/) [Lance Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/lance-armstrong-1639_accepting_the-unwillingness-to-accept-anything-sho_539921.jpg) > [Stupid cancer... Some of us want a new house... A new car... A new mobile phone... To lose weight... But someone battling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stupid-cancer-some-of-us-want-a-new-house-a-new-car-a-new-mobile/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/anonymous-1_cancer_stupid-cancer-some-of-us-want-a-new-hous_674778.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battling-cancer/#itemlist", "name": "Battling Cancer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm battling cancer. 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It is my credo in all that I do in life from battling cancer to bicycle racing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lance Armstrong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-armstrong/the-unwillingness-to-accept-anything-short-of-victory-that-underlying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/lance-armstrong-1639_accepting_the-unwillingness-to-accept-anything-sho_539921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/lance-armstrong-1639_accepting_the-unwillingness-to-accept-anything-sho_539921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/lance-armstrong-1639_accepting_the-unwillingness-to-accept-anything-sho_539921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building…” — Lance Armstrong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stupid cancer... Some of us want a new house... A new car... A new mobile phone... To lose weight... But someone battling cancer wants just one thing, to win the battle. 97% of my friends won't re-post this, but 3% will. Let's see who does. Please re=pose this in honor of someone who lost their battle, or for someone fighting it now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stupid-cancer-some-of-us-want-a-new-house-a-new-car-a-new-mobile/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/anonymous-1_cancer_stupid-cancer-some-of-us-want-a-new-hous_674778.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/anonymous-1_cancer_stupid-cancer-some-of-us-want-a-new-hous_674778.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/anonymous-1_cancer_stupid-cancer-some-of-us-want-a-new-hous_674778.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Stupid cancer... Some of us want a new house... A new car... 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