Louisa May Alcott quotes - page 5

Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything. (Louisa May Alcott)
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. View quote
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within. View quote
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Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him. View quote
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I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I never feel wither shame, remorse or fear, I sometimes wish it was not necessary as I don't like the trouble, but as for any moral sense of principle, I haven't a particle. Many people are like me as actions prove, but they are not so frank in owning it and insist on keeping up the humbug of virtue. You'll find that is true, Rose, when you know the world better. View quote
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell. View quote
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...because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. View quote
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art. View quote
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... the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy. View quote
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I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March) View quote
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... for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride. (Louisa May Alcott)
I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it. View quote
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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. View quote
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A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. View quote
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A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic. View quote
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life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom. View quote
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...tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it. View quote
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I like adventures, and I'm going to find some. View quote
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The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed. View quote
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I hate ordinary people! View quote
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I love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man. (Louisa May Alcott)
... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted. View quote
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...the violin - that most human of all instruments... View quote
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts. View quote
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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. View quote
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