Ann Landers

"Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised."

"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

"Hanging on to resentment is letting someone you hate live rent-free in your head."

"Don't assume that the other fellow has accepted Christ or is trying to do the right thing."

"A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter is not a nice person."

"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."

"Love is a verb, not just a noun."

"If you want to know the kind of person someone is, watch how they treat people who can do nothing for them."

"Ask not what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do that."

"Every time you criticize someone else, you are really criticizing yourself."

"The greatest gift you can give another person is the gift of your time and attention."

"If you are constantly trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."

"Stop looking for reasons why you can't and start looking for reasons why you can."

"The squeaky wheel may get the grease, but it also gets replaced."

"You cannot live on butter alone, no matter how wonderful the butter is."

"Money is not the root of all evil, it's the love of money that's the root of all evil."

"If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your time is being spent."

"The minute you think of yourself as a victim, you've lost the battle."

"Your reputation is not about what others say about you - it's about what you do when nobody is watching."

"Some people use their influence to build themselves up, others use it to lift others."

"You can survive on your own, but you cannot thrive alone."

"The past is history, the future is a mystery, but today is a gift."

"If your heart is not in it, don't do it."

"Loyalty is a two-way street or it becomes a road to nowhere."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now."

"You cannot control what others think of you, but you can control what you think of yourself."

"Marriage is not 50-50, it's 100-100."

"The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"If you want to change others, start by changing yourself."

"Your silence is complicity when it comes to injustice."