I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
-
-
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT