No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWild 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
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The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.
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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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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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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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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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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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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
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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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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
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