Louisa May Alcott

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.

Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

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 be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

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.

Love is a great beautifier.
- All from Louisa May Alcott, 1832 - 1888

About: Louisa May Alcott was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania on 29 Nov in 1832. Her father was a member of the Transcendentalist Club at Boston, the family was close to Emerson, Thoreau, and the other key members of that group. Mostly by choice or principle, the family was poor during her youth, a time that formed the basis for her best-known work, Little Women. In addition to the group of family-centered novels for which she is still well loved, she wrote for children and also turned out a number of racier novels (called "potboilers" at the time) under the name A. M. Barnard.