Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses.

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

Life is thickly sown with thorns and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.

My life is part humor part roses part thorns.

Advance and never halt for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path for they draw only corrupt blood.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on and fear not the thorns or the sharp stones on life's path.

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.