It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERVices are simply overworked virtues.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.
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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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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.
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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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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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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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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 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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The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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