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Karen Lynch Quotes

19 quotes from Karen Lynch — President and CEO of CVS Health, the largest healthcare company in the US by revenue ($357B)..

Just remember that even during a storm, the sun is shining. You may not see it, but it is always there above the clouds, waiting to warm you again.

Perseverance

Loving someone means putting your heart in their hands and trusting them to keep it safe.

Love

You and I both know that people see only what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. But just because a person chooses to not believe something, doesn't mean it's not real.

Reality

If I ever got this stupid over a guy I hoped someone would slap some sense into me.

RelentlessHumor

No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.

RelentlessFriendship

Sometimes I thought of us as a pair of damaged bookends. We both had our flaws but we belonged together even if there was always something between us, keeping us apart.

RelentlessRelationships

He always said you could learn a lot about a person by the things they valued.

RelentlessValues

When you have those personal events happen reasonably early in your life, I had that mission and passion to be able to help transform how people transform healthcare.

Healthcare

Grief is not a fleeting emotion. This pain would be inside me for a long time, and all I could do was learn to live with it and hope that, someday, I'd be able to breathe again without hurting.

RefugeGrief

For the first time in a long time, I felt no anxiety or fear. I had no idea what was going to happen tomorrow or next week, but right now I felt warm and happy.

RefugeContentment

You didn't see his face when he saw you getting attacked. I've never seen anyone move that fast.

RefugeCourage

I did it — I told them about my mom.

Karen Lynch, after the 2015 Aetna town hall

My focus is on building on the strong foundation and positive momentum we have across the company to continue to address the human aspects of health.

Karen Lynch, November 6, 2020

It has been a privilege to lead this company, and I am confident the team will continue to live its mission and purpose to help people on their journey to better health.

Karen Lynch, in a letter to CVS's 300,000 employees upon her departure

I was lost in the system. I didn't want other people to not know how to navigate it.

Karen Lynch, on why she entered health care

If we don't have radical change in the health care system, we will falter and we will fail.

Karen Lynch, Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, October 2023

Everybody has a story. I learned that from opening up because I've gotten so, so many emails after that initial conversation. The more we talk about it, the more people will feel comfortable getting access to treatment.

Karen Lynch, reflecting on disclosing her family history

I think they underestimated me, clearly.

Karen Lynch, on the resistance she faced early in her career

Expect the unexpected. Think about alternative plans. You have to stay calm and make decisions with the best information available to you — and then you need to pivot when you get more information.

Karen Lynch, on crisis leadership

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