These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Success gets to be a habit, like anything else a fellow keeps on doing.”

You have confidence in yourself, that’s the only way to make other folks have confidence in

you.”

You are apt to act or speak first, and think afterward. Now you must do your thinking first and speak afterward. If you will remember to do that, you will not have any trouble.”

it takes two to make a smile.

Everything is simple when you are alone, or at home, but as soon as you meet other people you are in difficulties.

Maybe everything comes out all right, if you keep on trying. Anyway, you have to keep on trying; nothing will come out right if you don’t.

Always try hard for the things you want.

Nothing anywhere could be better than being at home with the home folks, she was sure.