Louisa May Alcott
Quotes
"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."
"It takes people a long time to learn the
difference between talent and genius, especially
ambitious young men and women."
"Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning
how to sail my ship."
"I do not ask for any crown
But that which all may win;
Nor try to conquer any world
Except the one within.
Be thou my guide until I find
Led by a tender hand,
The happy kingdom in myself
And dare to take command."
"Fame is a pearl many dive for
and only a few bring up.
Even when they do, it is not perfect,
and they sigh for more, and lose better things
in struggling for them."
"Love is the only thing that we can carry with us
when we go, and it makes the end so easy."
Some Other Quotes
"Twenty years from now
you will be more disappointed by the things that
you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
( Mark Twain )
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends."
( Martin Luther King Jr. )
"The name of friend is common,
but faith in friendship is rare."
( Phedrus Fables )
"The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen, nor touches...
but are felt in the heart."
( Helen Keller )
"Success is to be measured not so much
by the position that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which he has overcome
while trying to succeed."
( Booker T Washington )
"Time is not measured by the passing of the years,
but by what one does,
what one feels,
and what one achieves."
( Nehru )
"Live each day to the fullest.
Get the most from each hour, each day,
and each age of your life.
Then you can look forward with confidence,
and back without regrets."
( S.H.Payer )
"I shall pass through this world but once.
If therefore, there be any kindness
I can show, or any good thing I can do,
let me do it now, for I shall not pass
this way again."
( Etienne De Grellet )
"Today, well-lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
and every tomorrow
a vision of hope."
( The Sanskrit )
"The greatest thing in this world
is not so much where we stand,
as in what direction we are moving."
( Oliver Wendell Holmes )
"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend."
( Albert Camus )
