Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

About Louisa May Alcott:

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.
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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.

Louisa May Alcott

That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct.

Louisa May Alcott

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

Louisa May Alcott

To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly asked for the strength of an upright soul, the beauty of a tender heart, the power to make her life a sweet and stirring...

Louisa May Alcott

It’s bad enough to love someone who don’t love you, but to have them told of it is perfectly awful. It makes me wild just to think of it. Ah, Fan, I’m getting so ill tempered and envious and wicked, I don’t know what will happen to me. - Poll...

Louisa May Alcott

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain

Louisa May Alcott

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.

Louisa May Alcott

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Louisa May Alcott

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.

Louisa May Alcott

Love is a great beautifier.

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.

Louisa May Alcott

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Louisa May Alcott

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Louisa May Alcott

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

Louisa May Alcott

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.

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

Louisa May Alcott

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.

Louisa May Alcott

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.

Louisa May Alcott

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

Louisa May Alcott

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.

Louisa May Alcott

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

Louisa May Alcott

Author Bio

  • NameLouisa May Alcott
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist
  • AliasesA. M. Barnard
  • BornNovember 29, 1832
  • DiedMarch 6, 1888
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Nurse; Poet; Novelist
  • WorksLittle Women; An Old-Fashioned Girl
  • AwardsNational Women's Hall Of Fame