Quotes About Values

I am ambitious for you, but not to have you make a dash in the world, - marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting.

She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, truth, reverence. and good will. then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.

began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will

Ah, Jo, instead of wishing that, thank God that 'Father and Mother were particular', and pity from your heart those who have no such guardians to hedge them round with principles which may seem like prison walls to impatient youth, but which will prove sure foundations to build character upon in womanhood.

Well, my love, I consider him a trump, in the fullest sense of that expressive word, but I do wish he was a little younger and a good deal richer. Now, Laurie, don't be too fastidious and worldly-minded. If they love one another it doesn't matter a particle how old they are nor how poor. Women never should marry for money... Amy caught herself up short as the words escaped her, and looked at her husband, who replied, with malicious gravity...

The childless old lady had offered to adopt one of the girls when the troubles came, and was much offended because her offer was declined. Other friends told the Marches that they had lost all chance of being remembered in the rich old lady's will, but the unworldly Marches only said - We can't give up our girls for a dozen fortunes. Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another.

for as Father says, trifles show character.

Mr Davis knew any quantity of Greek, Latin, Algebra, and ologies of all sorts, so he was called a fine teacher; and manners, morals, feelings, and examples were not considered of any particular importance.

money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite of external drawbacks.

Ah, Jo, instead of wishing that, thank God that father and mother were particular, and pity from your heart those who have no such guardians to hedge them round with principles which may seem like prison-walls to impatient youth, but which will prove sure foundations to build character upon in womanhood.

Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the firdt or onlsy prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

I'm glad you are poor. I couldn't bear a rich husband, said Jo decidedly, adding in a softer tone, Don't fear poverty. I've known it long enough to lose my dread and be happy working for those I love, and don't call yourself old—forty is the prime of life. I couldn't help loving you if you were seventy!

Sé por experiencia propia que en un hogar sencillo, en el que se trabaja para ganar el pan, se puede ser muy feliz, y que sufrir pequeñas privaciones ayuda a valorar más lo que se tiene. No me importa que Meg lleve una vida sencilla porque, si no me equivoco, dispondrá de la mejor riqueza: el corazón de un hombre bueno. Y esa es la mejor de las fortunas.

My dear girls I am ambitious for you, but not to have you make a dash in the world - marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting.

Money is needful and precious thing - and, when well used, a noble thing - but I never want you to think of it as the only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will'

Aún tenía que descubrir que el dinero no sirve para comprar el refinamiento, que la posición social no siempre es sinónimo de nobleza y que la buena educación se nota aunque la persona tenga que hacer frente a carencias

Many men can be what the world calls great: very few men are what God calls good.

I almost wish I hadn't any conscience, it's so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing right, and didn't feel uncomfortable when doing wrong, I should get on capitally. I can't help wishing, sometimes, that father and mother hadn't been so dreadfully particular about such things.

Más vale ser una solterona feliz que una esposa desgraciada o una jovencita desvergonzada ávida por encontrar marido

If people care more for my clothes than they do for me, I don't wish to see them.

I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good; to be admired, loved and respected; to have a happy youth, to be well and wisely married, and to lead useful, pleasant lives, with as little care and sorrow to try and find them as God sees fit to send. To be loved, and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can be to a woman; and I sincerely hope my girls may know this beautiful experience.

The Old-Fashioned Girl is not intended as a perfect model, but as a possible improvement upon [Page] the Girl of the Period, who seems sorrowfully ignorant or ashamed of the good old fashions which make woman truly beautiful and honored, and, through her, render home what it should be,-a happy place, where parents and children, brothers and sisters, learn to love and know and help one another.

The zest of the work is maintained by something better than the mere accumulation of money.