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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERVices are simply overworked virtues.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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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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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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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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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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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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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
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People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.
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Let’s be cheerful! We have no more right to steal the brightness out of the day for our own family than we have to steal the purse of a stranger.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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