It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHe who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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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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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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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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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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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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