Roses Quotes

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
Dale Carnegie

Nature, Today, Human

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben Hogan

Life, Down, Play

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Oscar Levant

Red, Blue, Violets

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Alphonse Karr

Thankful, Thorns

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
Emma Goldman

Rather, Diamonds, Table

Truths and roses have thorns about them.
Henry David Thoreau

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Life, Marriage, Battle

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
H. L. Mencken

Smell, Soup, Idealist

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.
Esai Morales

Love, Woman, She

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
James M. Barrie

God, Might, Memory

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
George Eliot

Rain, Trees, Plant

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume.
Arthur Miller

Love, Trying, Remember

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Jean Cocteau

True, Nor, Poet

Everything's coming up roses - for me.
Ethel Merman

Everything, Coming

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
Ovid

Often, Sharp, Thorn

Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.
Syd Barrett

Whole, Seen, Colours

Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old.
Nikki Sixx

Black, Old, Coming

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.
Nigel Mansell

Life, Work, Mistakes

A revolution is not a bed of roses.
Fidel Castro

Revolution, Bed

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.
George Herbert

Lie, Spring, Sweet

One may live without bread, not without roses.
Jean Richepin

Live, May, Bread

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
Charles de Gaulle

Young, Last, While

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.
Henri Matisse

Forget, Nothing, Before

Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses.
Maureen Forrester

Life, Future, Important

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.
Charles de Gaulle

Last, While, Treaties

I'm definitely a lash girl. I feel they are my best feature. I have tried lots of mascaras. I was drawn to Lancome Doll Lashes recently. Not only because of the name, but it smells like roses! I usually add a few coats of it for a night out.
Chloe Sevigny

Best, Girl, Night

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

Life, Experience, Real

My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.
Bret Michaels

Life, Humor, Thorns

The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result of bread being removed from the mouths of the poor so that Miss Thing here could mince off to the circus smelling of roses.
Julie Burchill

Money, Poor, Here

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