Ann Landers Quotes (41 Quotes)


    Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

    People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

    If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'

    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.

    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.


    Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

    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.

    The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

    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.

    There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

    Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

    People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude.

    You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.

    Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

    The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

    Women complain about sex more often than men. Their gripes fall into two major categories (1) Not enough. (2) Too much.

    The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

    If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.

    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.

    Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

    Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

    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.

    Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

    Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day

    There are two sides to every story at least.

    Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

    I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.

    I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.

    The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie


    No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.

    We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.

    Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams.

    Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head

    Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured.

    There are really only three types of people those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, What happened.


    Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley.

    Class has a sense of humor. It knows that a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations. Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes. Class bespeaks an aristocracy unrelated to ancestors or money. Some extremely wealthy people have no class at all, while others who are struggling to make ends meet are loaded with it. Class is real. You can't fake it. Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not attempt to look better by making others look worse. Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because he is comfortable with himself. If you have class, you've got it made. If you don't have class, no matter what else you have, it won't make up for it.

    If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.

    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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