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.
These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.
Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.
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.
These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves – they’re good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on ’em.
Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
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.
Home is the nicest word there is.
I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.