Life Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

— Louisa May Alcott

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

— Louisa May Alcott

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

— Louisa May Alcott

Life is like college; may I graduate and earn some honors.

— Louisa May Alcott

“...and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“…he felt he could willingly give his life for them.”

— Louisa May Alcott

Better lose your life than your soul…

— Louisa May Alcott

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

— Louisa May Alcott

He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.

— Louisa May Alcott

“You have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life?”

— Louisa May Alcott

“How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and they are blest.”

— Louisa May Alcott

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

— Louisa May Alcott

Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.

— Louisa May Alcott

“…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Perhaps it would have been better if he had killed me; my life is spoilt.”

— Louisa May Alcott

Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

— Louisa May Alcott

They were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the…

— Louisa May Alcott

“I always say my life’s quote is, “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them,…

— Louisa May Alcott

“You’ve got me, anyhow. I’m not good for much, I know, but I'll stand by you, Jo, all the days of my…

— 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…

— Louisa May Alcott

“The story of his downfall is soon told; for it came, as so often happens, just when he felt unusually full of…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Poor Meg seldom complained, but a sense of injustice made her feel bitter toward everyone sometimes, for she had not yet learned…

— Louisa May Alcott

Oft in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the…

— Louisa May Alcott

…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made…

— Louisa May Alcott

“I know I ought to be contented, but I'm not. My life is very comfortable, but so quiet and uneventful, I get…

— Louisa May Alcott

“I also observe that she does not fret much nor look in the glass, and has not even mentioned a very pretty…

— Louisa May Alcott

“It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a secret suspicion all the…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our…

— Louisa May Alcott

In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally…

— Louisa May Alcott

Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait…

— Louisa May Alcott

The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping-their souls into their father's; and to both parents, who lived and labored so…

— Louisa May Alcott

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that…

— Louisa May Alcott

“My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can overcome and outlive them…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Life, my brethren, is like plum-cake. In some the plums are all on the top, and we eat them gayly, till we…

— Louisa May Alcott

If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it…

— Louisa May Alcott

“…had an hour of silent agony that aged him more than years of happy life could have done.”

— Louisa May Alcott

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail,…

— Louisa May Alcott

“We all have our own kind of life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have…

— 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…

— Louisa May Alcott

I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to…

— Louisa May Alcott