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

It takes two flints to make a fire. - (Alcott, Louisa May - Anger)

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. - (Alcott, Louisa May - Education)

Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. - (Alcott, Louisa May - Friends and Friendship)

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. - (Alcott, Louisa May - 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. - (Alcott, Louisa May - Girls)

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. - (Alcott, Louisa May - Happiness)

Housekeeping ain't no joke. - (Alcott, Louisa May - 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. - (Alcott, Louisa May - Inheritance)

Love is a great beautifier. - (Alcott, Louisa May - 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. - (Alcott, Louisa May - Modesty)

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles? - (Alcott, Louisa May - Mothers)

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)

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)

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)