The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFor love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Love is a great beautifier.
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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I 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.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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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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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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