Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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I 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.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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