Laura Ingalls Wilder

I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

there is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit,…

— 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

All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Life was not intended to be simply a round of work, no matter how interesting and important that work may be. A…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Little rabbits, you know, always have games together before they go to bed.”

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Then the sun peeped over the edge of the prairie and the whole world glittered. Every tiniest thing glittered rosy toward the…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

1 - 2 A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Oh no, I never do much ironing, except the outside clothes. We must not iron out the fresh air and sunshine, you…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of a light," Ma considered. "We didn't lack for light when…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“A farmer depends on himself, and the land and the weather. If you're a farmer, you raise what you eat, you raise…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder