Louisa May Alcott Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. ...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the work-a-day world again. Little Women

2. …feeling as if all the happiness and support of their lives was about to be taken from them. Little Women

3. Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds. Little Women

4. Be worthy love, and love will come. Little Women

5. But, like all happiness, it did not last long… Little Women

6. Conceit spoils the finest genius. Little Women

7. Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries! Little Women

8. 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 just for the fun of it.--Laurie Little Women

9. I ask not for any crownBut that which all may win;Nor try to conquer any worldExcept the one within.

10. I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands.""They're not empty now. Little Women

11. It's lovely to see people so happy. Jo's Boys

12. John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it! Little Women

13. life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom. Little Women

14. Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy. Good Wives

15. Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want. Little Women

16. The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

17. Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants… Little Women

18. You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one. Little Women

19. You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. Little Women

20. …wisely mingled poetry and prose. Little Women

21. El amor es planta que arraiga en todos los suelos, que se desarrolla sin miedo a las heladas del otoño o a las nieves del invierno, y que florece siempre, perfumando y bendiciendo así por igual a quienes lo otorgan y a quienes lo reciben. Little Men

22. In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them. Jack and Jill

23. She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. Little Women

24. You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one. Little Women

25. Your father, Jo. He never loses patience,--never doubts or complains,--but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully, that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him. He helped and comforted me, and showed me that I must try to practise all the virtues I would have my little girls possess, for I was their example. It was easier for your sakes than for my own; a startled or surprised look from one of you, when I spoke sharply, rebuked me more than any words could have done; and the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy