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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERAll those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
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The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.
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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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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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Life begins at eighty.
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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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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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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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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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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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All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.
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