A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMen are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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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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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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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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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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