We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERSuffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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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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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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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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Everything 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.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it’s pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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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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Life begins at eighty.
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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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The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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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.
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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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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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