Live and die...

Learn how to live and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll know how to live. 

Morrie Schwartz

Bloom...

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Denis Waitley

Thorns and roses..

But he that dares not grasp the thorn. Should never crave the rose.

Anne Bronte