We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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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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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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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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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 sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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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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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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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.
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