Little House On The Prairie Quotes

My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call ‘Little House on the Prairie’ tales, but they were tales of segregated and racist America growing up in Alabama and Mississippi, where she came from.

Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.

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.

It was always a fantasy of mine growing up – my favorite program was always ‘Little House on the Prairie’ – so I always wanted to wear those looks. When I was a child, I wouldn’t let my mom put me in anything but calico dresses and now… whaddaya know, every day I’m in a calico dress, basically, so it’s kind of funny.

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

You might be a redneck if you watch Little House on the Prairie for decorating tips.

Home is the nicest word there is.

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

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.

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

The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.

There’s no great loss without some small gain.

A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.