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Ann Landers Quotes
American - Advice Columnist|July 4, 1918 - June 22, 2002
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Ann Landers Quotes
Read 50 of the best Ann Landers quotes on love, class, maturity, marriage and common sense from America's most famous advice columnist.
“Are you better off with him or without him?”
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RelationshipsFamous Advice
“In the final analysis, it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.”
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ParentingIndependence
“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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Letting GoStrength
“Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.”
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ForgivenessPeace Of Mind
“The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.”
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TruthHonesty
“Class is real. It can't be faked.”
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ClassAuthenticity
“Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.”
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ClassConfidence
“Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident in the knowledge that you can meet life head on and handle whatever comes along.”
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ClassCourage
“Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes.”
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ClassResponsibility
“Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.”
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ClassManners
“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.”
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ClassCharacter
“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.”
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ClassSelf Confidence
“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.”
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ClassWealth
“If you have class, you don't need much of anything else. If you don't have it, no matter what else you have, it doesn't make much difference.”
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ClassCharacter
“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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MaturityResponsibility
“Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction.”
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MaturityAnger
“Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to postpone immediate pleasure in favour of the long-term gain.”
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MaturityPatience
“Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks.”
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MaturityPerseverance
“Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.”
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MaturityResilience
“Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, "I was wrong."
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MaturityHumility
“Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it.”
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MaturityDecisions
“Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word, coming through in a crisis.”
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MaturityIntegrity
“Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which we cannot change, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
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MaturityWisdom
“Love is friendship that has caught fire.”
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