Quotes About Contentment

Holmes speaks of grief "staining backward" through the pages of life; but Valancy found her happiness had stained backward likewise and flooded with rose-colour her whole previous drab existence. She found it hard to believe that she had ever been lonely and unhappy and afraid.

Some women's intended from the start to be old maids, and I'm afraid I'm one of them, Miss Shirley, ma'am, because I've awful little patience with the men.

She felt a wonderful lightness of spirit, a soul-stirring joy in mere existence.

No matter what dreadful things happened at least there were still cats in the world.

Miss Cornelia dropped in that afternoon, puffing a little. I don't mind the world or the devil much, but the flesh does rather bother me, she admitted. You always look as cool as a cucumber, Anne, dearie. Do I smell cherry pie? If I do, ask me to stay to tea...

And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.

It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures.

God is in His heaven. All is right in the world.

Folks say I'm good, he remarked whimsically upon one occasion, but I sometimes wish the Lord had made me only half as good and put the rest of it into looks. But there, I reckon He knew what He was about, as a good Captain should. Some of us have to be homely, or the purty ones—like Mistress Blythe here—wouldn't show up so well.

Perhaps college may be around the bend in the road, but I haven't got to the bend yet and I don't think much about it lest I might grow discontented.

Well, I don't want to be anyone but myself, even if I go uncomforted by diamonds all my life," declared Anne. "I'm quite content to be Anne of Green Gables, with my string of pearl beads. I know Matthew gave me as much love with them as ever went with Madame the Pink Lady's jewels.

but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by a happiness that is not your own.

Well, I should like to see you go to college, Anne, but if you never do, don't grow discontented about it. We make our own lives wherever we are, after all... college can only help us do it more easily.

How terrible it would be to be doing something you didn't like every day

They had a sort of talent for happiness.

If one could only feel always like this, Pat had said once to Judy. All the little worries swallowed up...all the petty spites and fears and disappointments forgotten...just love and peace and beauty. Oh, oh, but what wud there be lift for heaven, girl dear? asked Judy.

God is in heaven, all's right with the world - Anne Shirley

Most people worry so much, they think you're not right if you don't worry.

I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want YOU.

It was because you looked so happy. Oh, you'll agree with me now that I AM a hateful beast—to hate another woman just because she was happy,—and when her happiness didn't take anything from me! That

home" must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars.

I begin to feel that life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.

We make our own lives wherever we are, after all[...]They are broad or narrow according to what we put into them, not what we get out. Life is rich and full here...everywhere...if we can only learn how to open our whole hearts to its richness and fullness.

But it's a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn't it?