Louisa May Alcott
» Adversity » “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
» Anger » “It takes two flints to make a fire.”
» Education » “Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.”
» Friends and Friendship » “Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.”
» Genius » “It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”
» Girls » “Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.”
» Happiness » “Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.”
» Housework » “Housekeeping ain’t no joke.”
» Inheritance » “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.”
» Love » “Love is a great beautifier.”
» Modesty » “Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.”
» Mothers » “What do girls do who haven’t any mothers to help them through their troubles?”
» Reform » “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.”
» Self-control » “A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.”
» Talent » “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.”
» Vision » “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
