5 quotes from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women that will help you through life

Little Women is a classic novel that still resonates. Photo: Creative Commons

There are certain books you read to get out a funk. Others you pick up because you are bored. Then there are many that help you grow as a person. But, every once in a while, there is that brilliant title--that perhaps your friend referred, or you read about it on the Internet--that makes you feel something that you haven't before.

For most of us, Louisa May Alcoot's Little Women, did exactly that.

A emotional tale of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, the book chronicled the childhood and womanhood of these four sisters living in America in the 1860s. Originally published in two volumes, perhaps many remember the book was the basis of the 1994 movie Little Women, starring a Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, Kirsten Dunst, and Claire Danes.

No matter how or why you remember Little Women, the truth is that the classic novel is filled with poignant life lessons.

So, here are five heart-warming quotes from the book to help you deal with whatever life throws at you. Because "Woman work a great many miracles"