The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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 the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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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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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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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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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