Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

"Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.".

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

It's nice to have things to look forward to.

You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

Be happy in anticipation of what's coming.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always does.

I wake up with a sense of wonder. I don't dread the future. I like it.

Anticipating is more fun than recollecting.

Anticipation and Hope are born twins.

Tomorrow--there's no day so fair, It knows no sorrow; A day that banishes despair, Joy rules tomorrow.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

When I'm walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner,there is something wonderful waiting for me. That's my attitude.

From where I sit now, I like the looks of tomorrow.

The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun.

When I'm having fun, I'm the best in the world.

The future is something I'm looking forward to.

It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen ... wonderful things.

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense

Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.

I like the present and tomorrow

to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.