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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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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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This earthly life is a battle,’ said Ma. ‘If it isn’t one thing to contend with, it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.
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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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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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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 object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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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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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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If the members of a home are ill-temperered and quarrelsome, how quickly you feel it when you enter the house. You may not know just what is wrong, but you wish to make your visit short.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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