I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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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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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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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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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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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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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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