Elizabeth Edwards Quotes

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  She stood in the storm, & when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.

  Elizabeth Edwards

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

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• 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

• 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.

  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

• If people think that you’re throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I’m not for that.

  Elizabeth Edwards

• 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.

  Elizabeth Edwards

• 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.

  Elizabeth Edwards

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

  Elizabeth Edwards

• I can’t turn on the television without seeing me, or open the newspaper without seeing me and, honestly, I’m sick to death of me.

  Elizabeth Edwards

• 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.

  Elizabeth Edwards

• 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.

  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.

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Elizabeth Edwards (13)

Birth:	3rd July, 1949
Death:	7th December, 2010
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Author, Lawyer

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Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards was born in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an American lawyer,  author and activist. She earned a Bachelor's degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After three years of postgraduate studies in English, she entered UNC's School of Law and earned a Juris Doctor. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential nominee. She lived a private life until her husband's rise as senator and ultimately unsuccessful vice presidential and presidential campaigns. In 2006, Random House published her first book, Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers. In 2009, they published her second book, Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities. She worked for the Attorney General's office and then at the law firm Merriman, Nicholls, and Crampton as a bankruptcy lawyer. She was also an advocate of gay marriage and was against the war in Iraq, both topics about which she and her husband disagreed.

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