More Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
Where the heart is the mind works best.
I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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.
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.
Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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.
Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
