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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTGood books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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