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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWe 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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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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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do 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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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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