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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERNever bet your money on another man’s game.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the ‘woman’s vote’ as one and indivisible.
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These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves — they’re good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on ’em.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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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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.
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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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We 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.
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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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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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The wilderness needs your whole attention.
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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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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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Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word.
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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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