A rose does not lose its beauty because it is covered with thorns.

A rose does not diminish in beauty because it has thorns.

If there are many thorns in your life, it is because you are a rose.

Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.

A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.

Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it.

Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.