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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThis 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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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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Life begins at eighty.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.
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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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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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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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All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.
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