Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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.
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
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.
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.
I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens
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.
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.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.
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.
Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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.
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.
Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.
I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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.
He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.
Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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.
