It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
LAURA INGALLS WILDEREvery 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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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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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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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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Why should we need extra time in which to enjoy ourselves? If we expect to enjoy our life, we will have to learn to be joyful in all of it, not just at stated intervals when we can get time or when we have nothing else to do.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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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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The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.
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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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