The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.

Be the calm in someone else’s storm.

A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.

A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.