I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFar away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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 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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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