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Best Louisa May Alcott Quotes from Little Women with Chapter Numbers

 Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer best known for her novel Little Women and its sequels, Little Men and Jo's Boys, which were inspired by her own family. She was raised by transcendentalist parents in New England and grew up knowing many prominent intellectuals, including Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Longfellow.

Below, find the best quotes from Little Women with their corresponding chapter numbers!

Little Women

  • Let us be elegant or die.
    • Volume 1 Chapter 3
  • I like good strong words that mean something.
    • Volume 1 Chapter 4
  • 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. 
    • Volume 1 Chapter 4
  • Watch and pray, dear; never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.
    • Volume 1 Chapter 8
  • 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. 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. Believe this heartily, and go to God with all your little cares, and hopes, and sins, and sorrows, as freely and confidingly as you come to your mother.
    • Volume 1 Chapter 8
  • 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 become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty. 
    • Volume 1 Chapter 11
  • I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
    • Volume 1 Chapter 13
  • Don't try to make me grow up before my time.
    • Volume 1 Chapter 14
  • Love is a great beautifier. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 1
  • Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such thing, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 7
  • You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 13
  • I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 14 
  • I want to be great, or nothing. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 16
  • Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 16
  • For love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 17
  • Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, "I don't believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles." I dare say you don't, Mrs. Grundy, but it's true nevertheless. Women work a good many miracles, and I have a persuasion that they may perform even that of raising the standard of manhood by refusing to echo such sayings.
    • Volume 2 Chapter 18
  • Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
    • Volume 2 Chapter 19
  • By-and-by we shall take turns, for marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.
    • Volume 2 Chapter 20
  • I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. 
    • Volume 2 Chapter 21
  • Be worthy love, and love will come.
    • Volume 2 Chapter 23
  • I do think families are the most beautiful things in all the world!
    • Volume 2 Chapter 24
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