He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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Don’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.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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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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I like good strong words that mean something.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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