Thorns Quotes

261 quotes by 213 authors

The only rose without thorns is friendship. — Madeleine de Scudery
Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you see the nails… — Martin Luther
Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great… — Laozi
There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has more love for… — Pope Gregory I
That good gardener, who wept thorns plowing his fields - harvests grace with joy. — Aberjhani
The honey is guarded by bees.. The rose has thorns.. To enjoy the sweet & beautiful you can NOT be cowardly. — Joseph Simmons
Eating alone is a disappointment. But not eating matter more, is hollow and green, has thorns like a chain of fish hooks, trailing from the… — Pablo Neruda
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns. — Orison Swett Marden
When the race is ended, and the play is either won or lost, and ye are in the utmost circle and border of time, and… — Samuel Rutherford
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses. — Ellen Key
Dost thou understand me, sinful soul? He wrestled with justice, that thou mightest have rest; He wept and mourned, that thou mightest laugh and rejoice;… — John Bunyan
There is a land, where the roses are without thorns, where the flowers are not mixed with brambles. In that land, there is eternal spring,… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when… — Gemma Galgani
Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers and… — Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Only an acceptance of both the flowers and the thorns can bring you peace. Peace, after all, is the fruit of total acceptance. — Rajneesh
There are some things, but not too many, toward which the countryman knows he must be properly respectful if he would avoid pain, sickness and… — Hal Borland
A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple tree telling it to bear apples and not… — Martin Luther
This earth is not our home. We are away at school, trying to master the lessons of "the great plan of happiness" so we can… — Bruce C. Hafen
You ask me whether I am in good spirits. How could I not be so? As long as Faith gives me strength I will always… — Pier Giorgio Frassati
The thing about happiness is that it doesn't help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was… — Lana Turner

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