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.
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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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
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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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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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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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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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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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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You 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.
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