Maud Lindsay quotes
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“You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town”
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“Merrily, merrily, listen to me, Flitting and flying from tree to tree. Nothing fear I, by land or sea, For God in Heaven is watching me.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.122, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it is for him, and for the mother who is striving in this age of profusion to guard the innate simplicity of her child's nature, that I have written my little stories.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “A Story Garden for Little Children”, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Let the child feel Christ is near him; By your faith will grow his own; Death nor danger will affright him If he never feels alone.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2005). “Mother Stories”, p.110, 1st World Publishing
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“Keep thou an open door between thy child's life and thine own.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.110, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“One day the wind blew through the town, and oh, how merry it was! It whistled down the chimneys, and scampered round the corners, and sang in the tree tops. "Come and dance, come and dance, come and dance with me," that is what it seemed to say.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (1913). “A story garden for little children”
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“Strength and skill are happy comrades.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.88, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Nobody follows me where I go, Over the mountains or valleys below; Nobody sees where the wild winds blow, Only the Father in Heaven can know.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.120, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Love is a bridge that links us heart to heart Mother and child can never live apart.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.48, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“There's love, sweet love, for one and all-- For love is best for great and small.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.73, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Oh! like a wreath, let Christmas mirth To-day encircle all the earth, And bind the nations with the love That Jesus brought from heaven above.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.134, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Tis the mind must guide the hand.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.88, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Wherever I fly from my own dear nest, I always come back, for home is the best.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.22, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“We each have a story to tell, I know; so let each one take his turn.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.17, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Greatness is not always largeness.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.88, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Wisdom comes with all we see, God writes His lessons in each flower, And ev'ry singing bird or bee Can teach us something of His power.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.64, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“All the world is happy when Santa Claus comes.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “A Story Garden for Little Children”, p.48, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“The humblest workman has his place, Which no one else can fill.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.32, Heart of Dixie Publishing
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“Once upon a time there was a saucer pie. A saucer pie is one that is baked in a saucer instead of a pan; and if you have never seen one, I hope you will before you are a hundred years old.”
-- Maud LindsaySource : Maud Lindsay (1913). “A story garden for little children”
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