Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWhen 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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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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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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Life begins at eighty.
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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.
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It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.
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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 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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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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 sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.
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Money hasn’t any value of its own; it represents the stored up energy of men and women and is really just someone’s promise to pay a certain amount of that energy.
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