More Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
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.
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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.
It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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.
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.
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.
Conceit spoils the finest genius.
