The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
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.
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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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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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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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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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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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