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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLife and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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