Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.
Eleanor PorterIt isn't given to us to see ends. We can only attend to the beginnings and make them right.
Eleanor Porter'Oh, yes,' nodded Pollyanna emphatically. 'He said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it - some.
Eleanor PorterOh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas
Eleanor PorterWhat men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
Eleanor Porter