The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThese happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWe 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 WILDERWhy 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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERIt is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERNever bet your money on another man’s game.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe wilderness needs your whole attention.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWe heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERIn order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERVices are simply overworked virtues.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERNo one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERMany a good beginning makes a bad ending.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThis 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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERLet’s be cheerful! We have no more right to steal the brightness out of the day for our own family than we have to steal the purse of a stranger.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThat which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER