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.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo