The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERSome old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.
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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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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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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 true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.
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Life begins at eighty.
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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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Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.
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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 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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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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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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