“Stand high long enough and your lightning will come.”

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”

James Dickey (1923–1997) American writer

“Never mind what others may say, or think, or do. Stand erect in the majesty of your own manhood. Listen for just once to the throbbing of your own heart, and you will hear that it is beating quickstep marches to Camp Freedom. Stand erect! Lift your bowed form from the earth! The dust has long enough borne the impress of your knees. Stand up and see how long a shadow you cast in the sunlight! Hold up your head and avow your convictions, and then accept, as becomes a man, the consequences of your acts!”

Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) American labor and political leader

“Intense fear comes in waves; the body can’t stand it for long at a time.”

Thomas Harris Red Dragon

“When you wish for so long that you could hear something, and then suddenly, with no warning, you do, is like a lightning strike and rain on parched ground at the same time. You're stunned, but you cannot hear enough.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

“The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice.”

Orson Scott Card book Empire

“So if you've had enough
and are ready for your stand
I'll be waiting with
the stone that's in my hand.”

Everlast (1969) American singer and songwriter

“Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have.”

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956) novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist

“‎Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole.”

Jean Webster book Daddy-Long-Legs