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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTProve that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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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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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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