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.
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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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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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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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it’s pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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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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Life begins at eighty.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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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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We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
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Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
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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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The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.
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