Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes

I said to my wife just the other day, I was actually taking some time to consider all the blessings in my life and that things are really good. I said, you would have to be a real churl to complain about the life I'm living right now. Everything's going great. I'm having a good time.

It is a good life, Hazel Grace.

I go to sleep happy. I wake up excited because I give the truth.

To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

Morals always sound like cliches, but usually cliches are based on things that are ultimate truths. Be grateful for what you have; appreciate what's right there in front of you.

My worst days are still pretty good days. That's something I might lose in the moment sometimes, but I have a pretty good grasp of it.

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

I just show up and try to find the joy in every situation.

That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity.

Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness.

While I didn't have everything that I wanted, I was still a happy kid.

In this life, I'm always going to choose the positive.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.

I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.

Life is good - we forget that.

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

It's almost always possible to be honest and positive.

There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end.