“Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.”

“When we focus on people and life instead of material possessions and mere wants, there's not much room for emotional hand-wringing. Instead, there's more space to weigh what we value in our lives and to acknowledge what really counts. Chapter 9 Simplicity Laura Ingalls in The Long Winter”

“Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. -Laura Ingalls Wilder, author (1867-1957)”

“Laura Ingalls Wilder said, “Home is the nicest place there is.”

“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.”

“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”

“Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.”

“Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.”

“Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.”

“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.”

“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”