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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMen are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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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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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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