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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHe who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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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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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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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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