Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
Hunker down like a jackass in a hail storm and wait till the wind stops blowing.
Advice to his staff of how to handle White House media crises.
This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.
I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.
When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one
In a season, you're going to go through slumps.
When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.
Every storm runs out of rain, just like every dark night turns into day.
Stand high long enough and your lightning will come.
These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.
It's no go my honey love, it's no go my poppet;Work your hands from day to day, the winds will blow the profit.The glass is falling hour by hour, the glass will fall for ever,But if you break the bloody glass you won't hold up the weather.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.
You better have an anchor in life. It doesn't matter if you're a Division I head football coach or Joe Schmo from Okemoh. Bad things happen. If you're not anchored, you're going to be washed away.
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but stand there and take it.
Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.
The rain came down upon my head - Unshelter'd. And the wind rendered me mad and deaf and blind.
Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we're going to get out of it.
Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain.
You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That's what I tell people all the time.