Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
Louisa May AlcottRead
{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Compatibility in relationships requires patience and understanding, especially between strong-willed individuals.
This quote highlights the challenges faced in relationships where both individuals possess strong personality traits, such as a love for freedom and a fiery temperament. It suggests that such traits can create conflicts, indicating that love alone may not suffice; rather, it requires tremendous patience and tolerance to ensure a harmonious relationship.
Themes
RelationshipsPatienceFreedomLoveTemperamentUnderstanding
In practice
Example use cases
During a relationship workshop discussing the importance of patience between partners.
More from Louisa May Alcott
All quotes →You have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones.
Louisa May AlcottRead
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
Louisa May AlcottRead
... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go down or are cast upon the shore, wrecks of what they might have been
Louisa May AlcottRead
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
Louisa May AlcottRead
It takes two flints to make a fire.
Louisa May AlcottRead
Similar quotes
This is where men, even the trustiest, fail us. Their heart is never so wholly given to any matter but that some trifle of a meal, or a drink, or a sleep, or a joke, or a girl, may come in between them and it, and then (even if you are a queen) you'll get no more good out of them until they've had their way.
C. S. LewisRead
In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right?’ His voice dropped to a whisper. ‘But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well.
Mitch AlbomRead
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
John Henry NewmanRead
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
Bella AbzugRead
...Nothing that your partner does is personal. Your partner is dealing with her own garbage. If you don't take it personally, it will be so easy for you to have a wonderful relationship with your partner
Miguel Angel RuizRead
Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away.
Melissa EtheridgeRead