Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys. Profoundly inspirational Louisa May Alcott quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
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Famous Louisa May Alcott Quotes
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. Louisa May Alcott
Cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends. Louisa May Alcott
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. Louisa May Alcott
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can. Louisa May Alcott
Housekeeping ain’t no joke. Louisa May Alcott
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely. Louisa May Alcott
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling. Louisa May Alcott
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds. Louisa May Alcott
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. Louisa May Alcott
Nothing is impossible to a determined woman. Louisa May Alcott
Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are. Louisa May Alcott
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them. Louisa May Alcott
Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. Louisa May Alcott
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them. Louisa May Alcott
Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know. Louisa May Alcott
Love and Loyalty If ever men and women are their simplest, sincerest selves, it is when suffering softens the one, and sympathy strengthens the other. Louisa May Alcott
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction. 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. Louisa May Alcott
Where the heart is the mind works best. Louisa May Alcott
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. 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. Louisa May Alcott
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure. Louisa May Alcott
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. 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. Louisa May Alcott
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. Louisa May Alcott
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again. Louisa May Alcott
What do girls do who haven’t any mothers to help them through their troubles? Louisa May Alcott
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
Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary. Louisa May Alcott
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. Louisa May Alcott
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well. Louisa May Alcott
Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Louisa May Alcott
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it. Louisa May Alcott
Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Louisa May Alcott
I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us. Louisa May Alcott
I often think flowers are the angels alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn. Louisa May Alcott
Love is a great beautifier. Louisa May Alcott
Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air. Louisa May Alcott
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. Louisa May Alcott
Love is a great beautifier. Louisa May Alcott
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. Louisa May Alcott
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. Louisa May Alcott
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun. Louisa May Alcott
It takes two flints to make a fire. Louisa May Alcott
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well. Louisa May Alcott
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. Louisa May Alcott
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. Louisa May Alcott
People don’t have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It’s a dreadfully unjust world. Louisa May Alcott
It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world. Louisa May Alcott
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. Louisa May Alcott
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure. Louisa May Alcott
I like good strong words that mean something. Louisa May Alcott
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. Louisa May Alcott
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
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. Louisa May Alcott
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. 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. Louisa May Alcott
The love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy. Louisa May Alcott
Many argue; not many converse. Louisa May Alcott
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them. Louisa May Alcott
I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within. Louisa May Alcott
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely. Louisa May Alcott
Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell. Louisa May Alcott
I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now. Louisa May Alcott
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow. Louisa May Alcott
I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen. Louisa May Alcott
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays. Louisa May Alcott
Love is a great beautifier. Louisa May Alcott
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art. 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. 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. Louisa May Alcott
Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I’ve a right to be hurt, I don’t intend to show it. Louisa May Alcott
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. Louisa May Alcott
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well. Louisa May Alcott
The emerging woman will be strong minded, strong hearted, strong souled, and strong bodied strength and beauty must go together. Louisa May Alcott
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure. Louisa May Alcott
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts. Louisa May Alcott
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault. Louisa May Alcott
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can. Louisa May Alcott
We’ve got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved. I’m sick of being told that is all a woman is fit for! I won’t have anything to do with love until I prove that I am something beside a housekeeper and a baby tender!Louisa May Alcott
