I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes two flints to make a fire.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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