Ann Landers Quotes
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A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.
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Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
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Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened?
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No one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it - and sometimes one of them doesn't know.
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Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams.
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Imagine you had a bank that each morning credited your account with $1,440 - with one condition: whatever part of the $1,440 you failed to use during the day would be erased from your account, and no balance would be carried over. What would you do? You'd draw out every cent every day and use it to your best advantage. Well, you do have such a bank, and its name is time. Every morning, this bank credits you with 1,440 minutes. And it writes off as forever lost whatever portion you have failed to invest to good purpose.
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Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.
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What we steadily, consciously, habitually think we are, that we tend to become.
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Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them.
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One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun.
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If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
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At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.
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Keep skid chains on your tongue. Say less than you think. Cultivate a pleasant voice. How you say it is often more important than what you say.
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People have one year after the wedding to send a gift. Thank-you notes must be written immediately. If you don't receive an acknowledgment within three months, phone and ask if it was received. If the bride and groom are embarrassed, fine. They deserve to be.
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trouble is not a sign of inadequacy, stupidity or inferiority, but rather an inescapable part of life - proof that you are a card-carrying member of the human race.
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I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.
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No one can take advantage of you without your permission.
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Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line.
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Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time.
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People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
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Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.
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Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal.
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At every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.
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It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.
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Wake up and smell the coffee.
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The real trick is to stay alive as long as you live.
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Some men have no idea how to romance a woman. However, women who teach their husbands what they like will be well-rewarded.
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Strong role models and unconditional love can heal even the most emotionally impoverished person, and that goes for adults as well as youngsters.
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Being interested is more important than being interesting.
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It's one of the ironies of human nature that the most sensitive people are generally insensitive to the feelings of others.
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