Ann Landers Quotes

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal.

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say ‘Here I am’ and those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are.

When life's problems seem overwhelming look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

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

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

You need that guy like a giraffe needs a strep throat.

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.

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

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

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

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conslusive evidence that your are wonderful.

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

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.

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

One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends and if they seem okay then you're the one.

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

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

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

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.

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.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

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.

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 accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

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