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 Copy Share Image
I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Youth, health and freedom were meant to be enjoyed and I want to try every pleasure before I am too old to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild, but do my… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I'll try to be what Father loves to call me, a 'little woman,' and not be rough and wild but do my… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in; for I don't believe… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“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… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
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… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“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… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
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