Ann Landers Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.”
-- Ann LandersSource : Ann Landers (1981). “Ann Lander's Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually”, Ballantine Books
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“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.”
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“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.”
-- Ann LandersSource : Ann Landers (1978). “The Ann Landers encyclopedia, A to Z: improve your life emotionally, medically, sexually, socially, spiritually”, Galahad Books
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“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.”
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“What the majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, stop being chauffeured, stop being catered to. In the final analysis, it is not what you do for you children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.”
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“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
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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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“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.”
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“When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.”
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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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“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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“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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“No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.”
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“I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.”
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“A happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.”
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“Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.”
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“I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.”
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“The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.”
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“One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.”
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“All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.”
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“Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.”
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“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.”
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“The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.”
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“Women who are devoted to causes, such as overpopulation and the underprivileged [sic], are much less interested in fashion than, let's say, those who lunch at La Grenouille and Le Cirque.”
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“Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you have always wanted to do but could not find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Vow not to make a promise you do not think you can keep. Walk tall, and smile more. You will look 10 years younger. Do not be afraid to say, I love you. Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.”
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“The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.”
-- Ann LandersSource : Ann Landers (1996). “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!: Advice, Wisdom, and Uncommon Good Sense”, Random House Large Print Publishing
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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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“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead; that is where your future lies. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, What happened?”
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“Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.”
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“Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.”
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