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Laura Ingalls Wilder was American children's writer, diarist, and journalist. Explore interesting quotes on thing.
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“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder

"A Bouquet of Wild Flowers", article published in the Missouri Ruralist (20 July 1917)

Mother's Day , Life , Learning

“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.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Letter to children (February 1947) http://www.liwfrontiergirl.com/letter.html
Context: The Little House books are stories of long ago. The way we live and your schools are much different now, so many changes have made living and learning easier. But 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 to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong.

Pleasure , Truth , Courage , Change

“Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. In our mad rush for progress and modern improvements let's be sure we take along with us all the old-fashioned things worth while.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Source: A Family Collection: Life on the Farm and in the Country, Making a Home; the Ways of the World, a Woman's Role

Fashion , Madness

“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.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Source: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks

Life , Beauty , Way

“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.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder

“We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder book By the Shores of Silver Lake

Source: By the Shores of Silver Lake

Waiting

“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.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder book Little Town on the Prairie

Source: Little Town on the Prairie

Life , Pleasure