All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWe’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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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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The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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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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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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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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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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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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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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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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