--- title: "22 Littles Quotes By Louisa May Alcott" description: "22 Littles quotes by Louisa May Alcott. Plus more from Louisa May Alcott and more Littles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/louisa-may-alcott-318_feels_now-i-am-beginning-to-live-a-little-and_98277.png" --- > [“Now I am beginning to live a little and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/now-i-am-beginning-to-live-a-little-and-feel-less-like-a-sick-oyster/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/louisa-may-alcott-318_feels_now-i-am-beginning-to-live-a-little-and_98277.png) > [It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/it-takes-very-little-fire-to-make-a-great-deal-of-smoke-nowadays-and/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/louisa-may-alcott-318_deals_it-takes-very-little-fire-to-make-a-grea_1701131.png) > [A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/a-real-gentleman-is-as-polite-to-a-little-girl-as-to-a-woman/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/louisa-may-alcott-318_decency_a-real-gentleman-is-as-polite-to-a-littl_1421467.png) > […that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/that-s-what-old-people-are-here-for-else-their-experience-is-of/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/louisa-may-alcott-318_experience_that-s-what-old-people-are-here-for-else_2087964.png) > [When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/when-we-make-little-sacrifices-we-like-to-have-them-appreciated-at/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/louisa-may-alcott-318_appreciated_when-we-make-little-sacrifices-we-like-t_2188674.png) > [It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/it-takes-so-little-to-make-a-child-happy-that-it-is-a-pity-in-a-world/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/louisa-may-alcott-318_child_it-takes-so-little-to-make-a-child-happy_1908430.png) > […tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/tomorrow-was-her-birthday-and-she-was-thinking-how-fast-the-years/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/louisa-may-alcott-318_accomplished_tomorrow-was-her-birthday-and-she-was-th_2149440.png) > [I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild, but do my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-ll-try-and-be-what-he-loves-to-call-me-a-little-woman-and-not-be-2/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/louisa-may-alcott-318_call-me_i-ll-try-and-be-what-he-loves-to-call-me_2299644.png) > [There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/there-is-very-little-real-liberty-in-the-world-even-those-who-seem-2/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/louisa-may-alcott-318_bitter_there-is-very-little-real-liberty-in-the_1126308.png) > [So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/so-she-doesn-t-call-desertion-poverty-and-hard-work-troubles-she-s-a/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/louisa-may-alcott-318_be-proud_so-she-doesn-t-call-desertion-poverty-an_1707110.png) > [And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/and-when-they-went-away-leaving-comfort-behind-i-think-there-were-not/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/louisa-may-alcott-318_behinds_and-when-they-went-away-leaving-comfort_898473.jpg) > [I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-ve-learned-to-check-the-hasty-words-that-rise-to-my-lips-and-when-i/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/louisa-may-alcott-318_break_i-ve-learned-to-check-the-hasty-words-th_388845.png) > [I'll try to be what Father loves to call me, a 'little woman,' and not be rough and wild but do my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-ll-try-to-be-what-father-loves-to-call-me-a-little-woman-and-not-be/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/louisa-may-alcott-318_call-me_i-ll-try-to-be-what-father-loves-to-call_1153725.png) > [If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/if-you-feel-your-value-lies-in-being-merely-decorative-i-fear-that-2/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/louisa-may-alcott-318_believe_if-you-feel-your-value-lies-in-being-mer_2106301.png) > [I’m not like the rest of you; I never made any plans about what I’d do when I grew up; I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-m-not-like-the-rest-of-you-i-never-made-any-plans-about-what-i-d-do/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/louisa-may-alcott-318_being-married_i-m-not-like-the-rest-of-you-i-never-mad_1934954.png) > [There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/there-are-many-beths-in-the-world-shy-and-quiet-sitting-in-corners/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/louisa-may-alcott-318_behinds_there-are-many-beths-in-the-world-shy-an_1987634.png) > [The thought that, insignificant as she was, she yet might do some good, made her very careful of her acts and words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/the-thought-that-insignificant-as-she-was-she-yet-might-do-some-good/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/louisa-may-alcott-318_anxious_the-thought-that-insignificant-as-she-wa_1944716.jpg) > [If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/if-you-dear-little-girls-would-only-learn-what-real-beauty-is-and-not/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/louisa-may-alcott-318_beauty_if-you-dear-little-girls-would-only-lear_1172487.png) > [Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/jo-s-breath-gave-out-here-and-wrapping-her-head-in-the-paper-she/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/louisa-may-alcott-318_ends_jo-s-breath-gave-out-here-and-wrapping-h_260828.png) > [You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/you-have-a-good-many-little-gifts-and-virtues-but-there-is-no-need-of/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/louisa-may-alcott-318_character_you-have-a-good-many-little-gifts-and-vi_1191777.jpg) > [There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/there-is-very-little-real-liberty-in-the-world-even-those-who-seem/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/louisa-may-alcott-318_bitter_there-is-very-little-real-liberty-in-the_572656.png) > [I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-shall-keep-my-book-on-the-table-here-and-read-a-little-every/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/louisa-may-alcott-318_book_i-shall-keep-my-book-on-the-table-here-a_211806.png) ## Other authors on Littles ## More by Louisa May Alcott > [“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/take-some-books-and-read-that-s-an-immense-help-and-books-are-always/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the fashionable world at Nice may be seen on the Promenade des Anglais—a charming place, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/at-three-o-clock-in-the-afternoon-all-the-fashionable-world-at-nice/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/please-could-i-say-one-word-was-the-question-three-times-repeated/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/elegance-has-a-bad-effect-on-my-constitution/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broken/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/she-would-make-a-man-of-me-she-puts-strength-and-courage-into-me-as/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-read-somewhere-that-every-inch-of-rope-used-in-the-british-navy-has/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/chance-words-spoken-in-kindness-often-help-amazingly-and-that-s-what/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/tired-of-my-own-company-i-suppose-now-i-ve-seen-so-much-better/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 owl's shrill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/oft-in-the-silence-of-the-night-when-the-lonely-moon-rides-high-when/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/but-buds-will-be-roses-and-kittens-cats-more-s-the-pity/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-ll-try-and-be-what-he-loves-to-call-me-a-little-woman-and-not-be/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/if-you-feel-your-value-lies-in-being-merely-decorative-i-fear-that/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-do-not-ask-for-any-crown-but-that-which-all-may-win-nor-try-to/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/some-books-are-so-familiar-that-reading-them-is-like-being-home-again/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) ```json { 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