Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLove is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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