My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTProve that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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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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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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