Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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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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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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.
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The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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Money hasn’t any value of its own; it represents the stored up energy of men and women and is really just someone’s promise to pay a certain amount of that energy.
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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they’re organized for.
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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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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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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.
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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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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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The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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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’s no great loss without some small gain.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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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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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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The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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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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