Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERNo rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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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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It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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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 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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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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People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.
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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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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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Home is the nicest word there is.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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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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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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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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