Laura Ingalls Wilder

Life begins at eighty.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

There's no great loss without some small gain.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

[On dishonesty:] If there were a cry of 'stop thief!' we would all stand still.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?

— 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

“They didn’t say anything. Perhaps Mary felt sweet and good inside, but Laura didn’t. When she looked at Mary she wanted to…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“We start learning the minute we're born, Laura. And if we're wise, we don't stop until the Lord calls us home.”

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“God hates a coward." I don't actually believe this is true. But it's something to aim for.”

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the 'woman's vote' as one and…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons across the creek had had it too,…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Why should we need extra time in which to enjoy ourselves? If we expect to enjoy our life, we will have to…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Things and persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. How unconsciously we judge…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

This earthly life is a battle,' said Ma. 'If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

And just as a little thread of gold, running through a fabric, brightens the whole garment, so women's work at home, while…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

If the members of a home are ill-temperered and quarrelsome, how quickly you feel it when you enter the house. You may…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“That machine’s a great invention!” he said. “Other folks can stick to old-fashioned ways if they want to, but I’m all for…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Vices are simply overworked virtues, anyway. Economy and frugality are to be commended but follow them on in an increasing ratio and…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“It can't beat us!" Pa said. "Can't it, Pa?" Laura asked stupidly. "No," said Pa. "It's got to quit sometime and we…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

The stream of passing years is like a river with people being carried along in the current. Some are swept along, protesting,…

— 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

I believe it would be much better for everyone if children were given their start in education at home. No one understands…

— 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

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

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Pa promised that when they came to the West, Laura should see a papoose.”

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder