More Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
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.
Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but make experience their master, and life their book. [Some care] only for the mental culture, and [are] in danger of over-studying, under the delusion . . . that learning must be had at all costs, forgetting that health and real wisdom are better.
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.
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
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.
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.
life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
