“I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.” MenFameQuietDeedsPrizeHeelsLightningI Have LearnedThunder Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Angry and choleric men are as ungrateful and unsociable as thunder and lightning, being in themselves all storm and tempest; but quiet and easy natures are like fair weather, welcome to all.” MenEasyQuietFairsAngerAngryStormWeatherWelcomeLightningThunderTempestUngratefulThunder And Lightning Author:Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
“Whenever problems seem to get the best of me, whenever I feel them closing in on me, I go to a quiet place that lies somewhere in my soul. I do not reason, analyze or think. Those will come later. I simply go. From this place of silence, I garner strength and inspiration to stand firm in the face of fire, to be calm in the midst of thunder. When I emerge, the world has not changed, but I have. And in changing, a whole new world is born.” ThinkingWorldFeelsSoulReasonWholeProblemInspirationSeemsFacesLyingBornSilenceFireChangedQuietCalmMy SoulFirmMidstNew WorldThunderClosingStand FirmBest Of MeQuiet Place Author:John Harricharan
“He that follows the advice of reason has a mind that is elevated above the reach of injury; that sits above the clouds, in a calm and quiet ether, and with a brave indifferency hears the rolling thunders grumble and burst under his feet.” MindReasonFeetAdviceQuietBraveCalmCloudsInjuryRollingThunderAbove The Clouds Author:Walter Scott
“You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.” PeopleWayWellsWarDoneHomeMightPrideTerribleQuietErrorsStormAppealsInevitableHardshipThunderAdmittingAtlantaPeace And Quiet Book:Memoirs of General William T. Sherman Source: Memoirs of General William T. Sherman
“Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen.” WorldHumansMadeEndsChoicesStepsSolitudeQuietChosenMatesThreadPullingThunderPreyPredatorPresumptionBeetles Book:Prodigal Summer Source: Prodigal Summer
“The worst part was the silence. Death was supposed to be loud — gunshots, explosions, screams and thunder. Not this eerie quiet that wrapped around me like a shroud.” SilenceWorstQuietSupposed To BeLoudScreamThunderExplosionsEerieShroudsGunshots Book:Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel Source: Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel