The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTYou are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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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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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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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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