Louisa May Alcott Quotes

Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

Here's the thing: I love what I do for the magazine, and I love what I do on television. When you do the things that you love, it's not bad. It's about being very organized.

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Making each day a mini lifetime - to achieve something and to enjoy something.

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

I'm just trying to really take it one day at a time, because for me - and I know this sounds cliche, whatever - I achieved my ultimate goal, and nothing can really top that, you know?

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

I want to find that defining moment that you're satisfied and you've done what you want to do in your life.

If you spend a whole afternoon just eating popcorn and watching football, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if that's all you do, you get swept along with the tide, without any idea of where you're going.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

I think it's nice to work and then have success.

I think if I manage to juggle a personal life that I'm really happy with as well, as long as I manage to maintain balance, that's kind of the mark of success to me.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.