Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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Painful 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.
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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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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I 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.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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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.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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