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Top 25 Ryan White Quotes (2025 Update)

Ryan White Quote: “AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don’t give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.”

1. “AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don’t give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.”

Ryan White Quote: “My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.”

2. “My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.”

Ryan White Quote: “I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.”

3. “I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.”

Ryan White Quote: “Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.”

4. “Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.”

Ryan White Quote: “Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.”

5. “Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.”

Ryan White Quote: “Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.”

6. “Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.”

Ryan White Quote: “My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A’s and 2 B’s.”

7. “My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A’s and 2 B’s.”

Ryan White Quote: “I’m just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.”

8. “I’m just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.”

Ryan White Quote: “Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.”

9. “Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.”

Ryan White Quote: “I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.”

10. “I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.”

Ryan White Quote: “On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.”

11. “On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.”

Ryan White Quote: “I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.”

12. “I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.”

Ryan White Quote: “Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.”

13. “Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.”

Ryan White Quote: “Twice a week I would receive injections or IV’s of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.”

14. “Twice a week I would receive injections or IV’s of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.”

Ryan White Quote: “The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story.”

15. “The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story.”

Ryan White Quote: “How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?”

16. “How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?”

Ryan White Quote: “A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.”

17. “A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.”

Ryan White Quote: “Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.”

18. “Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.”

Ryan White Quote: “The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.”

19. “The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.”

Ryan White Quote: “Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.”

20. “Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.”

Ryan White Quote: “This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.”

21. “This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.”

Ryan White Quote: “The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.”

22. “The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.”

Ryan White Quote: “Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.”

23. “Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.”

Ryan White Quote: “I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.”

24. “I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.”

Ryan White Quote: “People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.”

25. “People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.”

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