110 Best Little Women Quotes

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root.

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

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go.

I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant.

You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

I want to do something splendid… something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

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

Money is a needful and precious thing… but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for.

I like good strong words that mean something.

I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.

I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

Don't try to make me grow up before my time.

I'm not a poet, I'm just a little woman.

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

Let us be elegant or die!

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

Love covers a multitude of sins.

My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as you do that of your earthly one.

Now I am beginning to live a little, and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide.

One can get on quite well if one has something definite to look forward to.

Regular hours and simple methods are the surest guides to plenty, peace, and cheerfulness.

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

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

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.

We've got father and mother, and each other.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.

You must make up your mind to be contented with such as you can get.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes.

Be worthy love, and love will come.

Don't shut yourself up in a bandbox because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take your part in the world's work.

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.

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

Have a good time, my dear, and remember that I am always here ready to lend a hand if you need me.

I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it.

I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men.

I'd take more pleasure in giving if I were rich.

It's so dreadful to be poor!

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake.

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it.

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.

Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!

People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money.

She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones.

The early bird gets the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.

There is always a light behind the clouds.

We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly.