I like good strong words that mean something.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI like good strong words that mean something.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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 emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMarriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTBetter lose your life than your soul.
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 ALCOTTI don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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 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 ALCOTTStay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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 ALCOTTHelp one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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