Louisa May Alcott
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?
Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.
Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
Love is a great beautifier.
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
It takes two flints to make a fire.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Housekeeping ain't no joke.
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.