There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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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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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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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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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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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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Let’s be cheerful! We have no more right to steal the brightness out of the day for our own family than we have to steal the purse of a stranger.
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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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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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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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Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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