Quotes About Strength

Louisa May Alcott

There are a good many hard times in this life of ours, but we can always bear them if we ask help n the right way.

I am glad a task to me is given, To labor at day by day, For it brings me health and strength and hope, And I cheerfully learn to say, "Head, you may think, Heart, you may feel, But, Hand, you shall work alway!

If life is often as hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it," added her sister despondently.

women, they have minds and souls as well as just hearts. they've got ambition and they've got talent as well as just beauty. and i'm so sick of people sayin that love is all a woman is fit for. i'm so sick of it.

I rather miss my wild girl; but if I get a strong, helpful, tender-hearted woman in her place, I shall feel quite satisfied.

Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they've got ambition, and they've got talent, as well as just beauty. I'm so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. -Jo March

Siempre volvían la cabeza antes de doblar la esquina, pues sabían que su madre estaría en la ventana para hacerles un gesto, sonreír y decirles adiós con la mano. En cierto modo, eso parecía darles fuerzas para hacer frente al día porque, estuvieran del humor que estuviesen, esa última imagen del rostro de su madre tenía sobre ellas el efecto de un rayo de sol.

Not until months afterward did Jo understand how she had the strength of mind to hold fast to the resolution she had made when she decided that she did not love her boy, and never could. It was very hard to do, but she did it, knowing that delay was both useless and cruel.

Sé que no habrán olvidado lo que les dije antes de marchar, que se mostrarán cariñosas contigo, cumplirán con su deber, combatirán a sus propios demonios y saldrán adelante, de modo que cuando vuelva estaré más orgulloso que nunca de mis mujercitas.

Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them.

Hope can comfort love, and faith makes resignation possible.

Sacred moments, when heart talked to heart in the silence of the night, turning affliction to a blessing, which chastened grief and strengthened love.

No, dear, we cannot see or know many things that grieve us very much, but we can trust that it is right, and try to believe that all is meant for our good. That is what faith means, and without it we are miserable. When you were little, you were afraid of the dark, but if I spoke or touched you, then you were sure all was well, and fell asleep holding my hand. God is wiser and stronger than any father or mother, so hold fast to Him, and you will have no doubt or fear, however dark it seems.

for all to get in, and Beth found it very hard to pass the lions. Old Mr. Laurence was the biggest one, but after

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. The more you love and trust Him, the nearer you will feel to Him, and the less you will depend on human power and wisdom.

No eran conscientes de que las dificultades sirven para poner a prueba el carácter.

I like good strong words that mean something," replied Jo

His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness and strength.

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.

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.

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

It is not cowardly to flee temptation, and nobody whose opinion is worth having will ridicule any brave attempt to conquer one's self. Don't mind it, Charlie, but stand fast, and I am sure you will succeed.

tender. Laurie was growing more serious, strong, and firm, and both were learning that beauty, youth, good fortune, even love itself, cannot keep care and pain, loss and sorrow, from the most blessed for ... Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and sad and dreary. She is growing better, I am sure of it, my dear. Don't despond, but hope and keep happy, said Mrs. March, as tenderhearted Daisy stooped from her knee to lay her rosy cheek against her little cousin's pale one.