There’s no great loss without some small gain.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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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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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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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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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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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.
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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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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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There is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.
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This 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.
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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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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
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