L. Frank Baum Quotes

The only way to do a thing
Is do it when you can,
And do it cheerfully, and sing
And work and think and plan.
The only real unhappy one
Is he who dares to shirk;
The only really happy one
Is he who cares to work.

"They tell me meat is going up, but if I can manage to catch you I'm sure it will soon be going down."

"but you will admit that it's a good thing to be alive." "Especially"

"I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart."
"That must be a matter of opinion," said the Tin Woodman. "For my part, I will bear all the unhappiness without a murmur, if you will give me the heart."

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

For a generous deed lives longer than a great battle or a king’s decree of a scholar’s essay, because it spreads and leaves its mark on all nature and endures through many generations.

"Well," said the Cowardly Lion, drawing a long breath of relief, "I see we are going to live a little while longer, and I am glad of it, for it must be a very uncomfortable thing not to be alive."

every man has his mission, which is to leave the world better, in some way, than he found it.

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children. For aside from my evident inability to do anything "great," I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

The Emerald City has been ruled by men long enough

"But girls often marry when they are too young," exclaimed Mary-Marie quickly; "so, if you don't object to my age — "

People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.

there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen. Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at

No, indeed. I don’t know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all,” he answered sadly.

To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.