Life begins at eighty.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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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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There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
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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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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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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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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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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There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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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 object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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