A flawed rose is better than a flawless dandy lion.

A rose does not diminish in beauty because it has thorns.

Roses do not take beauty advice from weeds.

Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.

Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.

When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.