Sayings about Thunders and Lightning
Two lightning flashes cannot come from one cloud. ~ Burundi Proverb
A deaf man may not have heard the thunder but he surely will see the rain. ~ Malian Proverb
He who is struck by the lightning doesn’t hear the thunder. ~ Hungarian Proverbs
A clear sky fears not the thunder. ~ Romanian Proverbs
Not every thunderclap is followed by lightning. ~ French Proverb
A bolt does not always fall when it thunders. ~ Traditional Proverb
When it thunders the thief becomes honest. ~ Italian Proverbs
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. ~ English Proverb
Thunder clouds do not always give rain. ~ Armenian Proverb
Big thunder, little rain. ~ English Proverb
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. ~ American Proverb
Thunder is not yet rain. ~ Kenyan Proverb
Careless rat chewing on a cat’s tail: beware lightning!. ~ Chinese Proverb
The peasant will not cross himself before it begins to thunder. ~ Russian Proverbs
Clouds that thunder do not always rain. ~ Armenian Proverbs
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~ English Proverbs
Quotations about Thunders and Lightning
Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind – listen to the birds. And don’t hate nobody. ~ Eubie Blake
I go where the sound of thunder is. ~ Alfred M. Gray
The sound of ‘gentle stillness’ after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God. ~ Jim Elliot
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. ~ Clint Eastwood
Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder. ~ Jonathan Swift
Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic. ~ W. H. Auden
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. ~ Frederick Douglass
He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. ~ Herman Melville
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies. ~ Eden Ahbez
God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing. ~ William Lyon Phelps
Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work. ~ Mark Twain