Ann Landers Quotes - Page 2

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.

Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser.

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.

If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.

Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.

Many peo­ple know the price of every­thing and the value of noth­ing

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.

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.

Don't indulge in gossip. ... People who throw mudballs always manage to end up getting a little on themselves.

The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.

My personal recipe for success is- Do what you love and don't look at the clock.

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.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”

Don't give up. Keep going. there is always a chance that you stumble onto something terrific. I have never heard of anyone stumbling over anything while he was sitting down

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.

No one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it - and sometimes one of them doesn't know.

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.

No one can take advantage of you without your permission.

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.

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

No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic.

Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.

All marriages are happy, it's living together afterward that's tough.

A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.

People of integrity expect to be believed. They also know time will prove them right and are willing to wait.

When a person begins to yell during an argument, it is a tip-off that he is unsure of himself.