I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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