Motivational quotes

It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us.

Mrs. March affirms Amy’s practice of finding a private, quiet place for reflection during the family’s distress.

All sorts of mornings are interesting, don’t you think? You don’t know what’s going to happen through the day, and there’s so much scope for imagination.

Anne speaks to Marilla on her first morning at Green Gables, finding possibility after a lonely night.

It’s all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it’s not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?

Anne distinguishes imagining hardship from actually living through it, as she fears being sent away.

I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don’t make, although I might.

Anne acknowledges her mistakes to Marilla and answers her own discouragement with a little humor.

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

Anne celebrates the beauty of autumn after gathering colorful maple branches.

There’s such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.

Anne tells Diana that her different moods and impulses are part of what makes her herself.

But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice.

Anne answers discouragement over her mistakes by noticing that she learns from them.

Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

After spoiling a cake, Anne finds reassurance in the chance to begin a new day.

Well, I don’t want to be anyone but myself, even if I go uncomforted by diamonds all my life

Anne tells Diana she values her own identity more than the glamorous wealth they saw at a concert.

I’m not a bit changed--not really. I’m only just pruned down and branched out. The real me--back here--is just the same.

Before leaving for Queen’s, Anne reassures Marilla that growing up has not erased her essential self.

It would be worth while to win, but she no longer thought life would be insupportable if she did not.

The narrator describes Anne’s growing ability to pursue an achievement without making her whole life depend on winning.

I am sure we should not shut our hearts against the healing influences that nature offers us.

Mrs. Allan reassures Anne that allowing nature to comfort her does not betray her grief for Matthew.