Louisa May Alcott Quotes

Biography: Louisa May Alcott is best known as the author of "Little Women." Born ... more Biography: Louisa May Alcott is best known as the author of "Little Women." Born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Alcott grew up in a New England transcendentalist family. Apart from her literary career, she was a civil war nurse, suffragist, and advocate for women's rights. Her semi-autobiographical novels have inspired readers for generations. less

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.""Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.""Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.""I like good strong words that mean something.""She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.""The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.""I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.""Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.""I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship""We all have our own life to pursue our own kind of dream to be weaving and we all have the power to make wishes come true as long as we keep believing""A house needs a grandma in it""Hope and keep busy""Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can""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.""Wild oats, properly speaking, are a most invaluable crop""Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air""Be comforted dear soul There is always light behind the clouds""It takes two flints to make a fire""Nothing is impossible to a determined woman""A faithful friend is a strong defense and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure"

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