The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERYou 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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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Life begins at eighty.
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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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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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When Pa was at home the gun always lay across those two wooden hooks above the door. … The gun was always loaded, and always above the door so that Pa could get it quickly and easily, any time he needed a gun.
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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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We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.
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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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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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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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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
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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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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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