'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 PorterMy relationship with "Pollyanna" is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.
Eleanor PorterYou lose such a lot of time just sleeping ... when you might just be living! ... It seems such a pity we can't live nights too.
Eleanor Porter... there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it.
Eleanor Porter... 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 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