#storms

Some things are only capable of being done in space. Examples of that are looking at our Earth from that far away, and understanding the entire processes of storms and weather patterns, and oceans, and coastlines. ↗

— Laurel Clark

#being #being done #capable #coastlines #done

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#forgotten #made #storms #vows

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics. ↗

— David Lloyd George

#decks #ever #find #greater #piracy

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. ↗

— Epictetus

#gain #glory #greater #more #pilots

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. ↗

— Epicurus

#pilots #reputation #skillful #storms #tempest

Demons never die quietly, and a week ago the storm was a proper demon, sweeping through the Caribbean after her long ocean crossing from Africa, a category five when she finally came ashore at San Juan before moving on to Santo Domingo and then Cuba and Florida. But now she's grown very old, as her kind measures age, and these are her death throes. So she holds tightly to this night, hanging on with the desperate fury of any dying thing, any dying thing that might once have thought itself invincible. ↗

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

#demons #hurricanes #storms #age

Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. ↗

— Golda Meir

#artist #bouquets #enjoys #every #glorious

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. ↗

— Barack Obama

#come #devastate #famine #lands #leave

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. ↗

— Robert South

#heart #loquacity #modesty #storms #takes

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#causes #collapse #conditional #conditional love #cornerstones