I come out of real life. — Elizabeth Edwards

Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do. — Elizabeth Edwards

I have a lot that I intend to do in this life. — Elizabeth Edwards

Almost everybody embraces life. — Elizabeth Edwards

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you’ve got. And you’re not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it. — Elizabeth Edwards

To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less. — Elizabeth Edwards

Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn’t seem to matter. — Elizabeth Edwards

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. — Elizabeth Edwards

If I had given up everything that my life was about … I’d let cancer win before it needed to. — Elizabeth Edwards

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. — Elizabeth Edwards

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

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. — Elizabeth Edwards

We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion of the population. — Elizabeth Edwards

I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent. — Elizabeth Edwards

I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs. — Elizabeth Edwards

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot. — Elizabeth Edwards

I grew up in a Navy family. — Elizabeth Edwards

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

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

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

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. — Elizabeth Edwards

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

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. — Elizabeth Edwards

Maybe we all change over time. — Elizabeth Edwards

I’ve had experiences that, you know, really couldn’t be replaced. — Elizabeth Edwards

Nordie’s at Noon is an honest and inspiring testament to [these authors’] experiences which, I am completely confident… will inspire thousands of women as it inspired me. — Elizabeth Edwards

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn’t so happy with them. — Elizabeth Edwards

People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child. — Elizabeth Edwards

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them. — Elizabeth Edwards

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

Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story–it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is. — Elizabeth Edwards

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 to rely if my disease takes a bad turn. — Elizabeth Edwards

If people think that you’re throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem–cell research, I’m not for that. — Elizabeth Edwards

It’s just a part of our nature to hope. — Elizabeth Edwards

The worst thing to me would be that you put on the face you think people want to see, and then they don’t like it and you think, Would they have liked the real me? — Elizabeth Edwards

I’m not a victim–I never want to be perceived that way. — 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. — Elizabeth Edwards

You know, there are no guarantees on prognosis. — Elizabeth Edwards

I don’t expect to get yesterday’s medicine. If I can help it, I’d like to get tomorrow’s medicine. — Elizabeth Edwards

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

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. — Elizabeth Edwards

I would have made different choices. You know, I might have married somebody else. — Elizabeth Edwards

My father had gone to Vietnam. — Elizabeth Edwards

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one. — Elizabeth Edwards

All things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act. — Elizabeth Edwards

I hope I have important things to say. — Elizabeth Edwards