"When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns."
- Matshona Dhliwayo
"Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure."
"The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns."
"Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns."
"Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden."
"Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it."
"If there are many thorns in your life, it is because you are a rose."
"The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns."
"A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed."
"A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns."