| "And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow." »Jerry Chin |
| "I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will." »Marcus Aelius Aurelius |
| "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up the rain." »Dolly Parton |
| "If you want to have the rainbow, Then sometimes you're gonna have to deal with the rain." »Unknown |
| "The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore." »W. Somerset Maugham |
| "We can be honest without saying what we mean to say, we can talk about the weather while ignoring the rain." »Danielle Donoho |
| "Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring." »Chinese Proverb |
| "Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed." »Herodotus |
| "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." »Michael McClary |
| "A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain." »Robert Frost |
| "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." »Mark Twain |
| "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." »Herodotus |
| "The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." »William Shakespeare |
| "May the sun always shine on your windowpane May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain May the hand of a friend always be near you May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you." »Blessing Irish |
| "Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, Or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the little things that really matter in life." »Unknown |
| "When clouds form in the skies we know that rain will follow but we must not wait for it. Nothing will be achieved by attempting to interfere with the future before the time is ripe. Patience is needed." »I Ching |
| "Look at the bow in the cloud, in the very rain itself. That is a sign that the sun, though you cannot see it, is shining still -- that up above beyond the cloud is still sunlight and warmth and cloudless blue sky." »Charles Kingsley |
| "To stay in places and to leave, to trust, to distrust, to no longer believe and believe again, . . . to watch the snow come, to watch it go, to hear rain on a tent, to know where I can find what I want." »Ernest Hemingway |
| "May there always be work for your hands to do, May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane, May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you." »Blessing Irish |
| "He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on rock because the wind and rain ruined his house on the sand." »Constance Naden |
| "April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory out of desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.Winter kept us warm, coveringEarth in a forgetful snow, feedingA little life with dried tubers." »T. S. Eliot |
| "The sound of fresh rain run-off splashing from the roof reminded me of the sound of urine splashing into a filthy Texaco latrine." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts |
| "rain usually makes me feel mellow. Curl up in the corner time, slow down, smell the furniture. Today it just makes me feel wet." »Jeff Melvoin |
| "It was a dark and stormy night the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness." »Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| "If you don't go fishing because you thought it might rain you will never go fishing. This applies to more than fishing." »Gary Sow |
| "Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain." »Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| "Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. You are the center of your universe, and you can make anything happen." »Ashley Smith |
| "What is it about possessing things Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we become jerks when we do We've all been there-- you want something, to possess it. By possessing something you lose it. You finally win the girl of your dreams, the first thing you do is change her. The little things she does with her hair, the way she wears her clothes or the way she chews her gum. Pretty soon what you like, what you changed, what you don't like, blends together like a watercolor in the rain." »Jeff Melvoin |
| "The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. . . .If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters." »Frederick Douglas |
| "Love is something like the clouds that were in the sky, Before the sun came out. You cannot touch the clouds, you know but you feel the rain and know How glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day. You cannot touch love either, But you feel the sweetness that it pours into everything." »Annie Sullivan |
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