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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTProve that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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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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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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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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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