Penance Quote by Thomas Merton

Life has thorns, but don't let that stop you.

— Anonymous

I Fall upon the thorns of life....

— Anonymous

I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns.

— Rumi

It goes without saying that so many things were left unsaid Learn to love the thorns or dont accept the roses I never told…

— Anonymous

Your thorns are the best part of you.

— Marianne Moore

“There are only two ways the wicked and the thorns should be dealt with: crush them by your shoes or go away from them.”

— B.K. Chaturvedi

Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.

— Gautama Buddha

Life is a rose; beware of the thorns.

— Anonymous

Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“The thorns we endure in life are but shadowed by the precious petals of a rosey outlook.”

— Andrew Pacholyk

I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.

— Henry David Thoreau

Black rose your thorns are cutting into me.

— Trapt