We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.
LAURA INGALLS WILDEREverything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.
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The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
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In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.
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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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If the members of a home are ill-temperered and quarrelsome, how quickly you feel it when you enter the house. You may not know just what is wrong, but you wish to make your visit short.
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The wilderness needs your whole attention.
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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
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