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 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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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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 ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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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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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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