L. Frank Baum

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#self #self-knowledge

You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#humor #work #humor

Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#attitude

One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#looks #oz #ugly #love

He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a-- a-- a meat dog," said the girl. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#funny

Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#imagination #success #imagination

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid... ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#wizard-of-oz #courage

I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#respect

He can't get broke so long as he is stuffed with money. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#the-marvelous-land-of-oz #funny

No matter how dreary and grey 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. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#wizard-of-oz #beauty