Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHave 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
-
-
Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Love is a great beautifier.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
It’s lovely to see people so happy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
I like good strong words that mean something.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT