Top 500 Louisa May Alcott Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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2. “Housekeeping ain’t no joke.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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3. “Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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5. “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

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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7. “Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

9. “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

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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14. “I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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16. “It takes two flints to make a fire.”

— Louisa May Alcott

17. “She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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18. “When I had the youth I had no money, now I have the money I have no time, and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life.”

— Louisa May Alcott

19. “A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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20. “Power is a dangerous thing. Be careful that you don’t abuse it or let it make a tyrant of you.”

— Louisa May Alcott

21. “I think we are all hopelessly flawed.”

— Louisa May Alcott

22. “You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

24. “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.”

— Louisa May Alcott

25. “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

26. “Be worthy love, and love will come.”

— Louisa May Alcott

27. “Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”

— Louisa May Alcott

28. “Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.”

— Louisa May Alcott

29. “I hate ordinary people!”

— Louisa May Alcott

30. “I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it.”

— Louisa May Alcott

31. “Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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32. “There is always light behind the clouds.”

— Louisa May Alcott

33. “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 bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”

— Louisa May Alcott

34. “I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.”

— Louisa May Alcott

35. “There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”

— Louisa May Alcott

36. “Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands.”

— Louisa May Alcott

37. “I could have been a great many things.”

— Louisa May Alcott

38. “Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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39. “Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.”

— Louisa May Alcott

40. “Love is a great beautifier.”

— Louisa May Alcott

41. “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

42. “Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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43. “A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.”

— Louisa May Alcott

44. “If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place. – Marmee.”

— Louisa May Alcott

45. “I’d rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe.”

— Louisa May Alcott

46. “Let us be elegant or die! – Amy.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

48. “Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn’t mean their unimportant.”

— Louisa May Alcott

49. “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

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50. “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.”

— Louisa May Alcott