Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTPainful 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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