#storm

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#better #danger #encounters #hurricane #lee

For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#comet #created #drought #every #explain

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out. ↗

— Allen West

#afghan #army #both #carrying #challenge

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. ↗

— Morris West

#life #never #spend #storm #sunshine

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#electric #electric cars #going #gradual #improvement

I have weathered many different storms and I know who I am and my friends know who I really am. ↗

— Delta Goodrem

#different #friends #i #i am #know

I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes. ↗

— Tori Amos

#bare #bare feet #cause #cold #feeling

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#bad #bad weather #defy #face #joy