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

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

There are few certainties in life, one of which is: life is short.

Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.

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

Your life is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to Him.