Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Talent]

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 - [Vision]

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 - [Reform]

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Self-control]

Love is a great beautifier.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Love]

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 - [Modesty]

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Mothers]

Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Friends and Friendship]

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Genius]

Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Girls]

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Happiness]

Housekeeping ain't no joke.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Housework]

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 - [Inheritance]

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Education]

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Adversity]

It takes two flints to make a fire.
~ Louisa May Alcott - [Anger]