A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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