Thunderbolts Quotes
40 quotes by 40 authors
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Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire; in standing, firm as the…
— Sun Tzu
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Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that moves steadily through time, like weather.
— John W. Gardner
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He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath…
— Alfred the Great
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Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt.
— Camille Paglia
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Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in…
— John Brown
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Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything…
— Twyla Tharp
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It is done. Once again the Fire has penetrated the earth, not with the sudden crash of thunderbolt, riving the mountain tops: does the Master…
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle,…
— Jeff Cooper
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My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
— Swami Vivekananda
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My dreams are a stupid refuge, like an umbrella against a thunderbolt.
— Fernando Pessoa
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
— Guy de Maupassant
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If you want to get a sensual thunderbolt then you have got to be cocked, locked and ready to rock, doc. I find that whole…
— Ted Nugent
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There was nothing ordinary about Hank Gathers. He was a walking thunderbolt.
— Paul Westhead
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Despite what I had acchieved, I don't for a moment think I am any braver or better than anyone else. This is how I attempt…
— Roz Savage
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GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil. The preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all hell…
— Charles Spurgeon
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When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.
— Ernest Bramah
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Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who Wrote These Thunderbolts Quotes
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