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People have one year after the wedding to send a gift. Thank-you notes must be written immediately. If you don't receive an acknowledgment within three months, phone and ask if it was received. If the bride and groom are embarrassed, fine. They deserve to be. -- Ann Landers
Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished. -- Ann Landers
When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate. -- Ann Landers
Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head. -- Ann Landers
Pity the poor millionaire. He'll never know the thrill of paying that final installment. -- Ann Landers
Make somebody happy today, and mind your own business -- Ann Landers
Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists. -- Ann Landers
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. -- Ann Landers
People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude. -- Ann Landers
Class is real. It can't be faked. -- Ann Landers
Life is rough for everyone ... Life isn't always fair. Whatever it is that hits the fan, its never evenly distributed - some always tend to get more of it than others. -- Ann Landers
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
The adult who is constantly changing friends and changing mates is immature. He/she cannot stick it out because he/she has not grown up. -- Ann Landers
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
Women's magazines continue to print 'helpful' articles on How to Hang on to Your Husband while thousands of wives write to me and complain that 'hanging is too good for 'em. -- Ann Landers
I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is. -- Ann Landers
It's one of the ironies of human nature that the most sensitive people are generally insensitive to the feelings of others. -- Ann Landers
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. -- Ann Landers
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. -- Ann Landers
My personal recipe for success is- Do what you love and don't look at the clock. -- Ann Landers
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
Maturity is the ability to harness your abilities and your energies and do more than is expected. The mature person refuses to settle for mediocrity. He/she would rather aim high and miss the mark than low-and make it. -- Ann Landers
A husband is a man who wishes he had as much fun when he goes on business trips as his wife thinks he does. -- Ann Landers
Love is content with the present, it hopes for the future and it doesn't brood over the past. -- Ann Landers
Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals because nobody wants to read the small print in dreams. -- Ann Landers
Assume nothing. Inside every dumb blond there may be a very smart brunette. -- Ann Landers
A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it. -- Ann Landers
If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else. -- Ann Landers
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
Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. -- Ann Landers
Are you better off with him or without him? -- Ann Landers
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. -- Ann Landers
If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job. -- Ann Landers
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
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
Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes. -- Ann Landers
A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half. -- Ann Landers
Parents do not owe their progeny an inheritance no matter how much money they have. One of the surest ways to produce loafers and freeloaders is to let children know that their future is assured. -- Ann Landers
Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them. -- Ann Landers
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 -- Ann Landers
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -- Ann Landers
People of integrity expect to be believed. They also know time will prove them right and are willing to wait. -- Ann Landers
Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal. -- Ann Landers
No one can take advantage of you without your permission. -- Ann Landers
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all. -- Ann Landers
Maintaining self-respect in the face of a devastating experience is of prime importance. -- Ann Landers
Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. -- Ann Landers
More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house. -- Ann Landers
No one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it - and sometimes one of them doesn't know. -- Ann Landers
One of the characteristics of the young is "I want it now." -- Ann Landers
A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement. -- Ann Landers
A happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset. -- Ann Landers
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
Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, "I was wrong." And, when he/she is right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so." -- Ann Landers
Women who are devoted to causes, such as overpopulation and the underprivileged [sic], are much less interested in fashion than, let's say, those who lunch at La Grenouille and Le Cirque. -- Ann Landers
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
When a person begins to yell during an argument, it is a tip-off that he is unsure of himself. -- Ann Landers
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. -- Ann Landers
Guilt is a pollutant and we don't need any more of it in the world. -- Ann Landers
One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun. -- Ann Landers
Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking. -- Ann Landers
I was naive, but I certainly was not duplicitous. -- Ann Landers
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
Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice. -- Ann Landers
Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change. -- Ann Landers
TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation ... -- Ann Landers
Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line. -- Ann Landers
I made up my mind when I was 15 years old that I would never smoke or drink. I have kept that pledge to myself, and it was one of the smartest decisions I ever made. -- Ann Landers
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
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
No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic. -- Ann Landers
The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie. -- Ann Landers
Never let an opportunity pass to give a well-deserved compliment. -- Ann Landers
The true measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do them aboslutely no good -- Ann Landers
The real trick is to stay alive as long as you live. -- Ann Landers
If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough. -- Ann Landers
Most of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we've been. -- Ann Landers
If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel. -- Ann Landers
If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife. -- Ann Landers
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. -- Ann Landers
You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat. -- Ann Landers
Being interested is more important than being interesting. -- Ann Landers
Experience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later. -- Ann Landers
Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking what a fire hydrant feels about dogs. -- Ann Landers
Grown-up people can wait. -- Ann Landers
Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser. -- Ann Landers
Marriage is not a reform school. -- Ann Landers
Some people believe that holding on and hanging there are signs of strength, but there are times in life when it takes much more strength just to let go. -- Ann Landers
There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, What happened? -- Ann Landers
An open marriage is nature's way of telling you that you need a divorce. -- Ann Landers
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. -- Ann Landers
Children have an uncanny way of living up - or down - to what is expected of them. -- Ann Landers
Some women have the best husbands. Others make the best of the husbands they have. -- Ann Landers
The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement. -- Ann Landers
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good. -- Ann Landers
What we steadily, consciously, habitually think we are, that we tend to become. -- Ann Landers
The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet. -- Ann Landers
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
One of the best ways to measure people is how they behave when something free is offered. -- Ann Landers
No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence. -- Ann Landers
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. -- Ann Landers
Church is not a museum for Saints, but rather a hospital for sinners. -- Ann Landers
Don't indulge in gossip ... People who throw mudballs always manage to end up getting a little on themselves. -- Ann Landers
Find comfort in the knowledge that no imitator ever comes off as well as the original. -- Ann Landers
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. -- Ann Landers
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
Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices. -- Ann Landers
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
People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. -- Ann Landers
Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened? -- Ann Landers
All marriages are happy, it's living together afterward that's tough. -- Ann Landers
Wake up and smell the coffee. -- Ann Landers
I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck. -- Ann Landers
You're all you've got. -- Ann Landers
The minute more than two people know a secret, it is no longer a secret. -- Ann Landers
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
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. -- Ann Landers
Did is a word of achievement,
Won't is a word of retreat,
Might is a word of bereavement,
Can't is a word of defeat,
Ought is a word of duty,
Try is a word each hour,
Will is a word of beauty,
Can is a word of power. -- Ann Landers
In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves. -- Ann Landers
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. -- Ann Landers
Trouble is not a sign of inadequacy, stupidity or inferiority, but rather an inescapable part of life - proof that you are a card-carrying member of the human race. -- Ann Landers
Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley. -- Ann Landers
People, like water, seek their own level. -- Ann Landers
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
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. -- Ann Landers
