I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
If I had lost a leg, I would tell them, instead of a boy, no one would ever ask me if I was 'over… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Sometimes you get politicians who dig their feet into the sand and aren't willing to listen to another voice. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
I have three living children for whom this is a father who I want them to love and on whom they're going to have… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself.… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
