A rose’s rarest essence lives in the thorn.

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"We are born of love; love is our mother."

- Rumi

Love

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

- Rumi

Self-awareness

"This love is the rose that blooms forever."

- Rumi

Love

"For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, still smiles on, and it is never cast down."

- Rumi

Resilience

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."

- Rumi

Personal Growth

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

Resilience

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

Resilience