Louisa May Alcott Quotes about Money

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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.

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.

Louisa May Alcott

Inspirational, Money, Honesty

Louisa May Alcott (1940). “Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys; a Sequel to "Little Women"”

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.

Louisa May Alcott

Money, Roots, Evil

Louisa May Alcott (2012). “Little Women and Little Men”, p.98, Graphic Arts Books

Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

Louisa May Alcott

Happiness, Money, Queens

Louisa May Alcott (1993). “Little Women”, p.97, Wordsworth Editions