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Louisa May Alcott
Life is my...
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
Source: In The...
A little kingdom...
A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find
Of governing it...
It takes two...
It takes two flints to make a fire.
Source: Little Women, 1868.
-- Louisa May...
Talent isn't genius...
Talent isn't genius and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace...
It takes very...
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real...
A faithful friend...
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
My definition [of...
My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which...
Father asked us...
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never...
People don't have...
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a...
Money is the...
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...
I'm not afraid...
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
Source: In The...
It takes people...
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and...
Far away there...
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their...
Have regular hours...
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...
People want to...
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.
Rome took all...
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...
You have a...
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest...
All is fish...
All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into...
Fame is a...
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...
Conceit spoils the...
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even...