It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERIt is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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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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All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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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The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.
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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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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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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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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.
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If the members of a home are ill-temperered and quarrelsome, how quickly you feel it when you enter the house. You may not know just what is wrong, but you wish to make your visit short.
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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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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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