The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERIf 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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Life begins at eighty.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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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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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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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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Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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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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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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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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