There is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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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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Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
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There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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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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Why should we need extra time in which to enjoy ourselves? If we expect to enjoy our life, we will have to learn to be joyful in all of it, not just at stated intervals when we can get time or when we have nothing else to do.
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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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It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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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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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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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.
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The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.
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The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they’re organized for.
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