I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSome people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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 takes two flints to make a fire.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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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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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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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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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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