Money hasn’t any value of its own; it represents the stored up energy of men and women and is really just someone’s promise to pay a certain amount of that energy.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWe 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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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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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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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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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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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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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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