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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIf we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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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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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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