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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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