Louisa May Alcott Quotes

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.

Nothing seemed impossible in the beginning.

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.

Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.

I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.

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.

Where the heart is the mind works best.

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.

If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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.

Rule yourself. Love your neighbor. Do the duty that lies nearest you.

Every house needs a grandmother in it.

Cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends.

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.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

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.

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

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.