Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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