7 Quotes & Sayings By Eleanor H Porter

Eleanor Porter is an award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction. Her fiction has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the Best American Short Stories (2010) and 100 Must Read Women's Novels (2010). Her nonfiction work has appeared in many magazines, including Texas Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, Glamour, and Reader's Digest. She won a 2011 USA Today/Book of the Year Award for her novel, The Life We Bury Read more

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Why, it would be such fun, ' he chuckled, 'to just forget all about the hours when the sun didn't shine, and remember only the nice, pleasant ones. Eleanor H. Porter
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Horas non numero nisi serenas, ' 'I count - no - hours but - unclouded ones, Eleanor H. Porter
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What 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 H. Porter
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Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence secretiveness or sudden outburst. Eleanor H. Porter
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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 H. Porter
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What men and women need is encouragement.... Instead of always harping on a man's faults tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits. Eleanor H. Porter