Thorns Quotes

261 Thorns quotes by 202 unique authors

Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man. — Teresa of Avila
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I often talked to… — Luther Burbank
How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and thoroughly renouncing such… — Saint Francis de Sales
There were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort! — John Vianney
If you want to win hearts, sow the seeds of Love. If you want heaven, stop scattering thorns on the road. — Unknown Author
Entrance into the Old Ways begins with the pricking of a finger with a rose thorn, which produces a drop of blood. This opens the… — Raven Grimassi
Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones. — Mark Lawrence
Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief. — John Greenleaf Whittier
Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed… — Pope Francis
You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them. — Bethenny Frankel
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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… — Khalil Gibran
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. — Khalil Gibran
If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears. — Isaac Hayes
The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on… — Washington Irving
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. — Alphonse Karr
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. — Thomas Moore
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. — Rabindranath Tagore
Truths and roses have thorns about them. — Henry David Thoreau
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,… — Voltaire
The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. I should have known what fruit… — Lord Byron
The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage… — George Santayana
What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will be tranquil and… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Your thorns are the best part of you. — Marianne Moore

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