Lynne Cox quotes

“You're old when you're old. Why should you be limited by someone else's expectations?”
-- Lynne Cox

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“It's incredible how the human body is. That it could do so much. That it can go beyond the everydayness of life; That it can be extraordinary and powerful, and harbor a spirit of hope and pure will.”
-- Lynne Cox

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“There are no limits on how much the heart can love, the mind can imagine, or the human being can achieve.”
-- Lynne Cox

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“Everything. I have done everything you wanted...You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me. I was frightening...I have reordered time...I have turned the world upside down...And I have done it all for you. I am exhausted from living up to your expectations.”

“Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.”

Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.17, Penguin

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

Source : As quoted in "Perfecting Private Practice" by Joan Neehall-Davidson, (p. 95), 2004.

“Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic expectations. What we confront in reality is uncertainty, some of it frighteningly so ...”

“I never worried about teams who spend what they want to spend. It never bothered me. At the moment we have a lot of Middle Eastern owners, we have American owners of course, Russian owners. It never bothered me one bit. All I was concerned about was that we at United maintained our level of expectation, be competitive, be at the top part of the Premier League.”

“Uh... what can I say? Made money. Given a launch pad for a working life. Set a precedent I had no interest in following. Created expectations that I was not cut-out to match. Disappointed virtually all of my readers subsequently. But I like what I've done, and I stand by it all.”

“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”

“The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”

“The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.”

“How should they answer?”