Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. … Hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.
…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place. " -- Marmee, Little Women
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
If Jesus isn't enough for the church, why would he be enough for the world?
Bod was thrilled. He imagined a future in which he could read everything, in which all stories could be opened and discovered.
Our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.
The law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride: the gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair