The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSimple, 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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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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Love is a great beautifier.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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