More Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
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.
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.
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 don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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.
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
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
