Martha Thompson

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
― Booker T. Washington

“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 don't. It can't lick us. We won't give up."
Then Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter

“There is nothing wrong with God's plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom & Virtues

“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
― Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery