Louisa May Alcott Quotes, Thoughts and images

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

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

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

Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

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

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

It’s amazing how lovely common things become if one only knows how to look at them.

It’s amazing how lovely common things become if one only knows how to look at them.

Where the heart is the mind works best.

Where the heart is the mind works best.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.

Salt is like good humour, and nearly everything is better for a pinch of it.

Salt is like good humour, and nearly everything is better for a pinch of it.

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

Love is a great beautifier.

Love is a great beautifier.

Every house needs a grandmother in it.

Every house needs a grandmother in it.

Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.

Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

A faithful friend is a strong defence, And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

A faithful friend is a strong defence, And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

Better lose your life than your soul.

Better lose your life than your soul.

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.

It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

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

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

Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.

Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.