Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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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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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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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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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 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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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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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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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