It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERIt does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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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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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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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.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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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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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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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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