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Monday, 8 February 2010

Daily Quote: "If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards." (Newman, Henry Cardinal - Risk)

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All that glitters is not gold.

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

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Adversity

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It takes two flints to make a fire.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Anger

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

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Education

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Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Friends and Friendship

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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Genius

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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.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Girls

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

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Happiness

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Housekeeping ain't no joke.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Housework

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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.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Inheritance

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Love is a great beautifier.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Love

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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.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Modesty

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

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Mothers

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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.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Reform

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A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Self-control

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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.

-- Alcott, Louisa May | Talent

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