Jo-s-boys Quote by Louisa May Alcott Download Open image ““…notoriety is not real glory.”” — Louisa May Alcott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jo-s-boys Louisa-may-alcott Notoriety
“Achieving repute and notoriety is at first like the seemingly hopeless effort of pushing a large snowball up a hill, but eventually you will… — Eric Birk Copy Share Image
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I don’t desire glory. Glory brings fame, and fame brings jealousy, and jealousy brings danger.” — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“True glory lies in the pro-creation and re-enactment of virtuous heroism through meaning.” — VD Copy Share Image
“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
“I guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.” — Anonymous 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
“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our buds about… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms and… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Don't take it away! It's only a fancy, but a man must love something…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a sigh. 'If… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
