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Date of Birth
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04-July-1918
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Place of Birth
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Sioux City
(Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America, Plymouth County)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Esther \"Eppie\" Pauline Friedman Lederer, Ann Landers, Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer, Eppie Lederer, Esther Friedman Lederer, Ann Landers II
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Profession
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Writer, Journalist
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Quotes
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- Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
- Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
- 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.
- Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.
- 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.
- We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.
- 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.
- 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.
- The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
- Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.
- What the vast majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, stop being chauffeured, stop being catered to. 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.
- Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
- The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
- One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends. If they seem okay, then you're the one.
- Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.
- Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
- If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.
- 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 principle of equal partnership.
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Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer, better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice columnist and eventually a nationwide media celebrity who began her career writing the 'Ask Ann Landers' column in 1955. She wrote the column for 47 years, by which time its readership was 90 million people. A 1978 World Almanac survey named her the most influential woman in the United States. She was the twin sister to Pauline Phillips, aka Abigail Van Buren, known for writing the 'Dear Abby' column.
She was a profile-raiser for several medical charities, and in 1977 President Carter appointed her to a six-year term on a cancer advisory board.
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