Lynne Cox > Quotes

“Sometimes, he said, the important things take time, sometimes they don't just happen all at once, sometimes answers come out of time and struggle, and learning. sometimes you just have to try again in a different way.”
― Lynne Cox, Grayson

“Just wait, just be patient, he will return.”
― Lynne Cox, Grayson

“You know, the ocean is a very, very beautiful place. It is God’s gift to us,”
― Lynne Cox, Swimming to Antarctica

“It’s better to be under-trained and rested than to be overtrained and tired.     ~”
― Lynne Cox, Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert's Survival Guide for Triathletes and Open Water Swimmers

“How much longer should I wait? The answer came to me. Wait as long as you need to. The waiting is as important as doing; it's the time you spent training and the rest in between; it's painting the subject and the space in between; it's the reading and the thinking about what you've read; it's the written words that , what is said, what is left unsaid, the space between the thoughts on the page, that makes the story, and it's the space between the notes, the intervals between fast and slow, that makes the music. It's the love of being together, the spacing, the tension of being apart, that brings you back together.”
― Lynne Cox, Grayson

“Words are sometimes too small, too confining, to convey the depth of thought and strength of emotions. How does a whale communicate love, hope, fear, or joy?”
― Lynne Cox, Grayson

“Many people are happy with things as they are. They are comfortable with what they already know. But if I didn't move outside my comfort level, how would I ever experience anything new, how would I ever learn to see or explore? I believe that each of us has a purpose for being here, that we have certain gifts and certain challenges we need to learn from and fulfill for our lives to have meaning and richness.”
― Lynne Cox, Grayson

“Even if words could reach to eternity there would not be enough to express the way I feel about you.”
― Lynne Cox, Grayson

“It is important to be totally prepared, though it is equally important to make sure that you don’t overtrain.”
― Lynne Cox, Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert's Survival Guide for Triathletes and Open Water Swimmers