Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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.
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