Beth

“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. Let the boys be boys, the longer the better, and let the young men sow their wild oats if they must; but mothers, sisters, and friends may help to make the crop a small one, and keep many tares from spoiling the harvest, by believing, and showing that they believe, in the possibility of loyalty to the virtues which make men manliest in good women’s eyes. If it is a feminine delusion, leave us to enjoy it while we may, for without it half the beauty and the romance of life is lost, and sorrowful forebodings would embitter all our hopes of the brave, tender-hearted little lads, who still love their mothers better than themselves, and are not ashamed to own it.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“None of us are ever enough, Megs. We can’t meet the needs of everyone—we can’t even meet our own needs. Let’s be honest. We wouldn’t need our Savior if we could.” Raina reached out and scratched Puck’s chin. “But that doesn’t mean you aren’t valuable, that you don’t matter. You do matter, simply because you are you. And unfortunately, people do break promises, make mistakes, but that doesn’t mean they don’t love you or that God doesn’t love you.”
― Rachel D. Russell, Still the One

“Don’t assign truth to experiences, or your faith to your feelings. You have to base everything on who God is.”
― Susan May Warren, The Way of the Brave

“We’re supposed to be overwhelmed. Because if we can save ourselves, we don’t need God.”
― Susan May Warren, Rescue Me