897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty.

Never use a long word when a short one will do.

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

A house needs a grandma in it.

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

See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.

Don't try to make me grow up before my time.

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honours!

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him found a treasure.