We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERRemember 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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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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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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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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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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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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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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When 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.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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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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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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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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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