„Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.“

— Jr.
„A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.“
— Hermann Hesse
„Move like a beam of light;Fly like lightning,Strike like thunder,Whirl in circles aroundA stable center.“
— Morihei Ueshiba
„I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice…. sure it does… but only if you're too dumb to move.“
— Jodi Picoult
„They're so cold, these scholars!May lightning strike their foodso that their mouths learn howto eat fire!“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„Regarding technique, from ancient times it has been said that movements must fly like lightning and attacks must strike like thunder.“
— Morihei Ueshiba
„Life, struck sharp on death,Makes awful lightning.“
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
„Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.“
— W.B. Yeats