15 quotes by Amos Bronson Alcott

“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Our ideals are our better selves.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“The less routine the more life.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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