Author: Louisa May Alcott

Quotes

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.

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.

- Louisa May Alcott

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

- Louisa May Alcott

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

- Louisa May Alcott

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

- Louisa May Alcott

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.

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

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

- Louisa May Alcott

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

- 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.

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.

- Louisa May Alcott

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

- Louisa May Alcott

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