It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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This earthly life is a battle,’ said Ma. ‘If it isn’t one thing to contend with, it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.
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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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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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You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.
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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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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
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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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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.
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We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the ‘woman’s vote’ as one and indivisible.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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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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The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.
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