Talent Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

12 Talent quotes by Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott’s reflections on talent read like gentle encouragements from a trusted friend, each line offering a modest yet resonant nudge toward self‑belief. The brief selection still manages to capture her warm, earnest voice.

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“Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”

Louisa May Alcott

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I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

Louisa May Alcott

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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

Louisa May Alcott

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All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.

Louisa May Alcott

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…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

Louisa May Alcott

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We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.

Louisa May Alcott

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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it…

Louisa May Alcott

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We've got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to…

Louisa May Alcott

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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest…

Louisa May Alcott

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“Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic…

Louisa May Alcott

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“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave…

Louisa May Alcott

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“On, I don't think I'm a genius!' cried Josie, growing calm and sober as she listened to the melodious voice and looked…

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Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.

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“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”

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“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl…

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“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a…

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“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.”

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“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.”

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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…

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But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.

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“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…

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“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…

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“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ”

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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