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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTNothing is impossible to a determined woman.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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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.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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