The prettiest flowers earn their honor in the ugliest dirt.

It is a flower's beauty, not its reputation, that compels you to pick it.

If a rose is full of thorns, it does not mean it's not full of beauty.

One flower is worth more than ten thousand thistles.

A beautiful flower is worth more than an ugly thistle.

An ugly flower is still worth more than a beautiful thistle.

A strong flower is better than a weak tree.

A cactus is a desert's rose.

Flower by flower a garden grows.