Different colors of roses represent different feelings and emotions. The meaning of love that the red rose expresses is the most well known of all the rose colors. Red roses are also seen as classic. A vibrant and dramatic color, it stands for romance and passion. Pink or yellow roses are the perfect gift for just about anyone. White roses represent purity and true love. Yellow roses have traditionally symbolized friendship. Orange roses could be considered to have a similar meaning as yellow roses. They can also represent excitement or something new. Burgundy roses, which mean "unconscious beauty", are the right choice for your shy sweetheart. Purple or Lavender - It's love at first sight with this unique rose color.

The rose has been a favorite flower of poets since poetry began. Maybe it's because like a poem, a rose can say so much without saying much at all.

The rose has been a favorite flower of poets since poetry began. Maybe it's because like a poem, a rose can say so much without saying much at all.

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

"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom." Chinese Proverb

"Love is like the wild rose-briar; / Friendship like the holly-tree. / The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, / But which will bloom most constantly?" Emily Bronte

"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose." George William Curtis

"Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either." German Proverb

"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

"God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December." James Matthew Barrie

"The red rose whispers of passion, / And the white rose breathes of love; / O, the red rose is a falcon, / And the white rose is a dove." John Boyle O’Reilly

"A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world" Leo Buscaglia.

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold." Oliver Wendell Holmes

"The world is a rose, smell it and pass it to your friends." Persian Proverb

"Time brings Roses." Portuguese Proverb

"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet, the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot." Salvador Dali

"If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd be picking roses for a lifetime." Swedish Proverb

"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose." The Bible

"Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose." Turkish Proverb

"Thorns and roses grow on the same tree." Turkish Proverb

"How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said." Victor Hugo