L. Frank Baum Quotes

Best Quotes by L. Frank Baum (Top 10)

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
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Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next.
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Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?
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That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.
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You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
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If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.
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I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
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If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.
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Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
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No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.
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As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.
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True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...
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Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.
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The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
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Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.
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And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
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Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations."
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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
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In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child,
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The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.
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