Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSimple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWe can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWhere the heart is the mind works best.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTPainful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHonesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTShe is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLove is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHelp one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe 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 ALCOTTIt’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTDon’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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