Louisa May Alcott Quotes - Page 3

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

it was easier to do a friendly thing than it was to stay and be thanked for it.

Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

Love is a great beautifier.

Don't try to make me grow up before my time.

Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

I make so many beginnings there never will be an end.

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.

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.

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

Many argue; not many converse.

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.

I like good strong words that mean something.

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored to express my sympathy for the loss of his most valued possessions, but he answered cheerily, 'Never mind, Louisa, see what a beautiful blaze they make! We will enjoy that now.' The lesson was one never forgotten and in the varied lessons that have come to me I have learned to look for something beautiful and bright.

…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

Love and Loyalty If ever men and women are their simplest, sincerest selves, it is when suffering softens the one, and sympathy strengthens the other.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

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.