Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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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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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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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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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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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 sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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