I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTPeople want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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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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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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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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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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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