Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

Louisa May Alcott

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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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Aspiration Beautiful Leadership Reach See Sunshine Try
I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Angel Beautiful Feeling Flower Learning Lesson Mystery Thinking Writing
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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Alone Fly Happiness Storm Strong Wild Wind
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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Amazing Best Come Help
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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Blessing Flower Fragrance Generosity Growth Love Miracle
I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Coffee Compliment Funny Instagram Captions
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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Name Right Stand Truth Victory Willing Win
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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Children Empty Face Happiness Heart Lonely Shine Sun World
In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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Book Happiness Life Myself Necessary Pay People Reading Reality Sin Willing
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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Age Beautiful Evidence Happiness Old Play Regret Success Time Understand Work Worth Youth
Love is a great beautifier.
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Beautiful Greatness Love One Liner
I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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Book Death Forget Hero Myself Splendid Wonderful Writing
For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Fear Gratitude Love Pride
I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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Deep Heaven Key Myself See
Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Genius One Liner Spoil
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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Better Hard Lose Lost Man Rule Scars Soul Teach Yourself
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Faith Friendship Treasure
Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Family Home Mom Need One Liner
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Challenge Faith Happiness Mom Son
Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Forget Memories Preserve Yourself
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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Forgiveness Let Go Mom World Yourself
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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Easy Happiness Help Kindness Love Pain Sorrow Sympathy World
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.
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Affect Education Understand Woman Work World Yourself
Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Love Myself Trust
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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Bad Death Live Logic Man Worth
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Action Believe Doubtful Greatness Strong Weakness
Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Better Goodness Humor

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