Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms.
- Aaron McFarlandBe mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.
- John BrownMy countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
- Swami Vivekananda