171+ Storm Quotes

Each of the following positive storm quotes is overflowing with wisdom, life lessons, and knowledge. All you need is a couple of minutes out of your day, and you can make different or better choices depending on what you learn.

Reading quotes about storm can help you change your perspective. They encompass nearly every aspect that makes up our day-to-day lives.

Thanks to all the distractions around us today, it’s easy to lose focus of what really matters in our lives. Sometimes all we need a reminder. To help you make the most of your life, below is our collection of inspirational, wise, and thought-provoking storm quotes:

Best Storm Quotes

There’s a storm inside of us, a burning river, a drive. You push yourself further than anyone could think possible. You are never out of the fight. Marcus Luttrell

I don’t just wish you rain, Beloved; I wish you the beauty of storms. John Geddes

Hope is the grace of endurance in the stormy days. Lailah Gifty Akita

Even in the midst of the storm, the sun is still shining. Dayna Lovely

Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy. Daisaku Ikeda

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you. Joseph B. Wirthlin

Life isn’t finding shelter in the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the rain. Sherrilyn Kenyon

There is no safer feeling than the comfort of sheltering from life’s storms in the harbor of friendship. Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest. Nelson Mandela

The more violent the storm, the sooner it is over. Roman proverb

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

Ride the storm. Cheer wildly. Gather strength from life’s storms. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. Robert H. Schuller

Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced. George R.R. Martin

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. Charles Kettering

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we? Rose Kennedy

It takes a real storm in the average person’s life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls. Bruce Barton

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Every failure is just another step closer to a win. Never stop trying. Robert M. Hensel

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths, it has its pearls too Vincent Van Gogh

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather. Christina Rossetti

The storm is an artist; the rainbow is its masterpiece. Matshona Dhliwayo

Remember to play after every storm. Mattie Stepanek

Life was good. Everything was going right. It was almost scaring him because usually when things were going this well it was the calm before the storm hit. Michelle Sutton

Happiness is fleeting. Happiness is just the calm before the storm. And the happier you are, the more you have to lose when it hits. Ranae Glass

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I’ve overcome it. Mary J. Blige

God doesn’t author hardship but uses it to strengthen us for greater conquests. He never leads us into a storm that He doesn’t give us the power to overcome. John Bevere

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. Lord Byron

Fix your course on a star and you’ll navigate any storm. Leonardo da Vinci

In the midst of the storm, your lifeboat appears. A psalm, a hymn, a word… calming the fiercest winds of the soul. Roderick L. Evans

Storms don’t come to teach us painful lessons, rather they were meant to wash us clean. Shannon L. Alder

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. John Muir

Serenity isn’t the peace away from the storm, it’s the peace at the eye of the storm. Ed Martin Cruz

The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping. Dr. Seuss

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? Rose Kennedy

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

There’s always a calm before the storm… Heather Graham

The sun after the rain is much beautiful than the sun before the rain. Mehmet Murat Ildan

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. Haruki Murakami

With rain quotes, you can explore life’s greatest lessons and gain new perspectives.

Famous Storm Quotes

It was a dark and stormy night. Madeleine L’Engle

Life can give you strength. Strength can come from facing the storms of life, from knowing loss, feeling sadness and heartache, from falling into the depths of grief. You must stand up in the storm. You must face the wind and the cold and the darkness. When the storm blows hard you must stand firm, for it is not trying to knock you down, it is really trying to teach you to be strong. Joseph M. Marshall III

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. Ho Chi Minh

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. […] Because this storm isn’t something that has nothing to do with you, This storm is you. Something inside you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step. There’s no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up the sky like pulverized bones. Haruki Murakami

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. Morris West

Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island! Mehmet Murat ildan

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them. Jean Paul

You can dance in the storm. Don’t wait for the rain to be over before because it might take too long. You can can do it now. Wherever you are, right now, you can start, right now; this very moment. Israelmore Ayivor

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. John Muir

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But woman’s grief is like a summer storm, short as it violent is. Joanna Baillie

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

When the stormy winds of life threaten to knock you down, may you have the courage to spread your wings and fly! Lance Wubbels

Don’t wait for the storms of your life to pass. Learn to dance in the rain. Steve Rizzo

Sometimes a storm in your life is what will blow you to the place you are longing to be. Beth Moore

I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it. Mary Faustina Kowalska

When you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come Robert H. Schuller

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott

There are some things you can only learn in a storm. Joel Osteen

No storm lasts forever; difficult times too get over after a while. Weather the storm; it’s sunny on the other side. Latika Teotia

The morning is full of storm in the heart of summer. The clouds travel like white handkerchiefs of goodbye, the wind, traveling, waving them in its hands. The numberless heart of the wind beating above our loving silence. Orchestral and divine, resounding among the trees like a language full of wars and songs. Pablo Neruda

A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can’t grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon. Dalai Lama

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow. Matshona Dhliwayo

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Vincent Van Gogh

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Benjamin N. Cardozo

There is peace even in the storm. Vincent van Gogh

Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine. Criss Jami

I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven. Gary Oldman

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. Mahatma Gandhi

Life is about growing, learning, and becoming. You can not grow, learn, or become if you can not embrace the changes in your life. Steve Rizzo

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. Aesop

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore

It is only during a storm that a tree knows how strong it is. Matshona Dhliwayo

After every storm, the sun will smile; for every problem, there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. William R. Alger

The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without. Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life, don’t waste time looking back. Leon Brown

There is peace even in the storm Vincent Van Gogh

Just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol’ storm right square in the eye and he says, ‘give me your best shot, pal. I can take it.’ Jack Burton

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. Epicurus

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever. Roy T. Bennett

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths, it has its pearls too. Vincent Van Gogh

The insight and experience from inspirational rise above quotes are valuable sources of wisdom, inspiration and motivation.

Powerful Storm Quotes

Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover. Napoleon Hill

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too. Vincent Van Gogh

In our own storms in life, the Savior is our solace and our sanctuary. If we seek peace, we must come unto Him, the Man who suffered for mankind, who committed His life to healing the sick and comforting the disconsolate, is mindful of your sufferings, doubts, and heartaches. Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared to face them with serenity and peace. Joseph B. Wirthlin

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? Rose Kennedy

It often takes the darkness of a storm to show us the light of God’s presence. Tony Evans

You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm. Sam Harris

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm. Corrie Ten Boom

You can learn to prevent a storm, or you can learn to ride the storm. If you learn to ride the storm, the storm is not a problem anymore. Jaggi Vasudev

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t. Bill Hybels

You cannot forever escape from the storm; you must learn to stand up to it. Mehmet Murat Ildan

When a storm blows, you must stand firm. For it is not trying to knock you down, it is really trying to teach you to be strong. Joseph M. Marshall III

The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms. Edgar Allan Poe

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Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: This too shall pass! T. D. Jakes

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. Willa Cather

Sometimes God allows storms to come together in such a way that they ultimately fulfill something that would never have happened otherwise. Beth Moore

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change. Tavis Smiley

Quiet Romeo was a scary Romeo. It was like the calm before the storm. Or an empty football stadium. Cambria Hebert

Every storm runs out of rain, just like every dark night turns into day. Gary Allan

He knows when we go into the storm, He watches over us in the storm, and He can bring us out of the storm when His purposes have been fulfilled. Warren W. Wiersbe

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we? Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

The storms will come and the winds will rise and the gusts will threaten to pull you from your roots. Let the winds come. Let them rage and know that you will not break in the breeze, you will bend. Bend. Always bend because you are made of more strength than you know, because you are better than the breaking. Tyler Knott Gregson

Sometimes God calms the storm and sometimes He calms his child. John H. Groberg

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.  Corrie Ten Boom

When you are in the middle of a storm cloud it’s hard to think outside of it, but the only way out of the storm is to ride through it and things will be a lot clearer on the other side Jodi Ann Bickle

Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life. Mahatma Gandhi

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don’t worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever. Iyanla Vanzant

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

Once the storm comes out, the landscape changes. What you had before is altered in some way. And you have a choice: build something new and better from what is left or abandon it. David Levithan

There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it. Shannon L. Alder

True friends are to people what lighthouses are to ships. No matter how stormy it gets, they stay put and light our way. Julie-Anne

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. Haruki Murakami

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. Euripedes

Even paradise sees its share of storms but, in the end, it’s still paradise. Trevor Driggers

Clouds, leaves, soil, and wind all offer themselves as signals of changes in the weather. However, not all the storms of life can be predicted. David Petersen

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership. Faye Wattleton

‘Show me your worst,’ the Earth said to the storm, ‘and I will blossom anyway.’ Unknown

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in the storm. Willa Cather

It stood calm against the suburban storm raging around it. The thunder screamed across the sky; it slapped the clouds into a heated turmoil that flew towards the south. J.D. Stroube

I want a storm to come and flood us into a song that no one wrote. Frida Kahlo

If only a horrible storm can demolish the castle of the devil, then let the storm be victorious! It is not uncommon that heaven comes after hell. Mehmet Murat Ildan

He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. Psalm 107:29

When you are in the middle of a storm cloud it’s hard to think outside of it, but the only way out of the storm is to ride through it and things will be a lot clearer on the other side Jodi Ann Bickley

When people are grieving, it’s kind of like a storm, and you need something to grab onto, but often you have to brave it on your own. Clare Bowen

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Motivational Storm Quotes

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again. Bryant H. McGill

Be patient. Like storms, the challenges will pass. Know too, that like the sun, your true soul self is constantly radiating. John Morton

In order to realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm. Corrie Ten Boom

We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here. Walt Disney

Sometimes there are stormy moments in your life when your friends do more than just walk with you; they become angels that carry you and protect you with their wings. Steve Maraboli

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If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. Warren W. Wiersbe

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. William R. Alger

There was never an age considered old enough to know everything. The calm seas of hell were only a break before the next storm. Jaxson Kidman

It was the calm before the storm, and holy crap, my bones knew it was going to be the storm of my life. Tijan

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Sometimes the greatest storms bring out the greatest beauty… Life can be a storm, but your hope is a rainbow and your friends and family are the gold. Steve Maraboli

The storm is what they threw at me, the hurricane is what I became. Matshona Dhliwayo

Stormy in love, stormy in interviews, breakfast in bed — that’s me, love. Graham Chapman

We were like silent, clear skies. Beautifully unpredictable. But like any clear sky, we didn’t know that we were just the calm before the storm.”

Tomorrow may be fair, however stormy the sky of today. Lewis Howard Latimer

When you walk through the storm, hold your head high, and don’t be afraid of the dark! At the end of the storm is a golden sky And the sweet song of the lark. Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Though your dreams be tossed & blown Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you’ll never walk alone! Douglas Adams

Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder. Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm. Unknown

Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest. Horace

When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you. Hugh Bonneville

But virtue is above the storm, and has an anchor sure and steadfast because it is cast into heaven. Charles Caleb Colton

Whether one is twenty, forty, or sixty; whether one has succeeded, failed, or just muddled along; whether yesterday was full of sun or storm, or one of those dull days with no weather at all, life begins each morning! Leigh Mitchell Hodges

Before the storm comes the calm. Hope you can take the heat like LeBron Nicki Minaj

Understand that you own nothing. Everything that surrounds you is temporary. Only the love in your heart will last forever. Leon Brown

You can be in the storm, but don’t let the storm get in you. Joel Osteen

If we never had any storms, we couldn’t appreciate the sunshine. Dale Evans

Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather. Mahatma Gandhi

A positive attitude can turn a storm into a sprinkle. Robert M. Hensel

No way out but through the storm now. Lisa Wingate

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one’s head. Mark Twain

Rough, boisterous, stormy, and altogether warlike, I am born to fight against innumerable monsters and devils. Martin Luther

A positive attitude, can turn a storm into a sprinkle. Robert M. Hensel

After a storm comes a calm. Matthew Henry

A great storm is like a sunny day to a person of great faith. A gentle wind is like a great storm to a person of great fear. Matshona Dhliwayo

Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You can not withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’ Unknown

Storms make trees take deeper roots. Dolly Parton

The calm before the storm that might carry us all before it. Cameron Dokey

Sometimes when you’re in the storm, it’s harder and maybe when it’s over, then you can look back on it. Brad Gilbert

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven. Martin Luther King, Jr.

When a storm blows, you must stand firm. For it is not trying to knock you down; it is really trying to teach you to be strong. Joseph M. Marshall III

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm. Jack White

In times of crisis, different people react in different ways. Some might try to escape. Others might attempt to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm in a safe haven. Cullen Bunn

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond. Thomas Love Peacock

For each thorn, there’s a rosebud… For each twilight – a dawn… For each trial – the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud – a rainbow… For each shadow – the sun… For each parting – sweet memories when sorrow is done. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore…unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible…it is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors…to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown. Ferdinand Magellan

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm. Frank Lane

I just want to share with everyone that no matter what challenges, adversities you face in life, that you can overcome them… and once you overcome those adversities, use your story, your testimony to others, to help others get through their storm. Wayne Messam

In the storm’s of life, you can survive by grace, faith and hope. Lailah Gifty Akita

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott

Certainty is the calm before the storm. Stewart Stafford

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