The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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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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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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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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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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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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