Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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We 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.
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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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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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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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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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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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