The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Love 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.
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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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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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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