Top 100 Ann Landers Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.”

— Ann Landers

52. “Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which cannot be changed, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

— Ann Landers

53. “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.”

— Ann Landers

54. “Class can ‘walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.’ Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.”

— Ann Landers

55. “Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.”

— Ann Landers

56. “Love is content with the present, it hopes for the future and it doesn’t brood over the past.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

58. “Experience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later.”

— Ann Landers

59. “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.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

61. “It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.”

— Ann Landers

62. “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.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

64. “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.”

— Ann Landers

65. “Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

67. “The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven’t thought of yet.”

— Ann Landers

68. “Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

71. “If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don’t use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

73. “The real trick is to stay alive as long as you live.”

— Ann Landers

74. “A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half.”

— Ann Landers

75. “No one has the right to destroy another person’s belief by demanding empirical evidence.”

— Ann Landers

76. “What we steadily, consciously, habitually think we are, that we tend to become.”

— Ann Landers

77. “Maintaining self-respect in the face of a devastating experience is of prime importance.”

— Ann Landers

78. “A happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

80. “The real question is why are millions of people so unhappy, so bored, so unfulfilled, that they are willing to drink, snort, inject or inhale any substance that might blot out reality and give them a bit of temporary relief.”

— Ann Landers

81. “One of the best ways to measure people is how they behave when something free is offered.”

— Ann Landers

82. “All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love.”

— Ann Landers

83. “Strong role models and unconditional love can heal even the most emotionally impoverished person, and that goes for adults as well as youngsters.”

— Ann Landers

84. “Some men have no idea how to romance a woman. However, women who teach their husbands what they like will be well-rewarded.”

— Ann Landers

85. “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.”

— Ann Landers

86. “An open marriage is nature’s way of telling you that you need a divorce.”

— Ann Landers

87. “People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don’t consider it servitude.”

— Ann Landers

88. “Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.”

— Ann Landers

89. “Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.”

— Ann Landers

90. “If you want to catch trout, don’t fish in a herring barrel.”

— Ann Landers

91. “No one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it – and sometimes one of them doesn’t know.”

— Ann Landers

92. “Pity the poor millionaire. He’ll never know the thrill of paying that final installment.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

94. “You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.”

— Ann Landers

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

— Ann Landers

96. “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.”

— Ann Landers

97. “In recent years, there have been reports of people with twisted minds putting razor blades and poison in taffy apples and Halloween candy. It is no longer safe to let your child eat treats that come from strangers.”

— Ann Landers

98. “Some people take pleasure in regaling one and all with details of their poor health. They are happy to give an organ recital to anyone who will listen.”

— Ann Landers

99. “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.”

— Ann Landers

100. “I don’t believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.”

— Ann Landers