Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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