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More Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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.
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
Many argue; not many converse.
Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.
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.
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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.
