We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTDon’t try to make me grow up before my time.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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 power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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 am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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