Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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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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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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