Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERDid you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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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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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
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Let’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.
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We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the ‘woman’s vote’ as one and indivisible.
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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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These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves — they’re good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on ’em.
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