During her early years, Ann Landers liked to be addressed as ‘Mrs. Lederer’.Because of the successful international advice column, ‘Ann Landers’ Esther Lederer and Ruth Crowley have been the principal writers behind Ann Landers’ public persona. People wrote her letters seeking her guidance on personal issues, and she would share her answers in her articles.When the first Ann Landers author Ruth Crowley suddenly died in 1955, Esther ‘Eppie’ Lederer, 37, of Sioux City, Iowa, won a writing contest and was employed at the Chicago Sun-Times.The newspaper columnist was among the most powerful women in the United States during the height of her career, featuring in more than 1,200 publications and having a daily audience of more than 90 million readers.Her style of writing was straightforward and often critical. Her stated opinions appeared to be tailored to her predominantly female readership.The Ask Ann Landers column was so influential that Lederer’s twin sister, Pauline Phillips, wrote a similar piece called Dear Abby in 1956 under the name Abigail Van Buren, causing a protracted schism between the siblings.Through her pen name, Eppie Lederer has been quoted several times speaking about hard work, life, human weaknesses, perfection in having a friend, and how nobody gets to live life backward.Ann Landers Quotes On LoveIn this list of ‘Ann Landers’ quotes on love, you will learn about love with a romantic partner and recognize that passion also lies in loyalty and sharing a confidence with a friend.“Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you have always wanted to do but could not find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories.““Vow not to make a promise you do not think you can keep. Walk tall, and smile more. You will look 10 years younger. Do not be afraid to say, I love you. Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.““Some women have the best husbands. Others make the best of the husbands they have.““Why don’t you mind your own business? My girl and I were getting along fine until she wrote to you and you advised her.““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.““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.““People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don’t consider it servitude.““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.““Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.““My husband hasn’t kissed me in seven years, but he just shot a man who did.““Love is content with the present; it hopes for the future and it doesn’t brood over the past. It is the day-in and out chronicles of irritations, problems, compromises, small disappointments, big victories and common goals.““Being interested is more important than being interesting.“Ann Landers Quotes On Marriage(The ‘Ann Landers’ column was discontinued a few months after Eppie Lederer’s death, during which time it published a few articles Eppie had written before her demise.)Eppie married Jules Lederer, who went on to become a corporate executive. Eppie married her husband on July 2, 1939, in a double wedding with her twin sister, Pauline.In these Ann Landers quotes on marriage, Eppie talks about teens dating, interfaith marriages, and married couples’ divorce.“Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.““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.““If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you’ll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.““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.““A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.““The first is eight or nine months after marriage when young couples have had the first blush of romance wear off and haven’t yet adjusted to each other.““The second period, for some reason, is after they are married seven years.““The third period is the ‘dangerous 40s,’ and the dangerous 40s usually last until the middle of the ‘flashy 50s.’?““Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. The mature person can face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort, and defeat without collapsing or complaining.““He/she knows he cannot have everything his/her own way every time. He/she is able to defer to circumstances, to other people-and to time. He/she knows when to compromise and is not too proud to do so.““Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.“Ann Landers Quotes On ParentingMargo Howard Lederer was Eppie Lederer’s daughter. Margo Howard is an American writer and retired advice columnist who followed in her mother’s footsteps.Eppie Lederer believed that parental permissiveness had harmed a generation. Through ‘Ann Landers’ quotes on Parenting, Lederer cautioned parents not to be overly tolerant. She stated that giving children whatever they desired was a mistake.“Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.““They are different. It’s a different world. It is not fair to judge kids by 25-year-old standards.““When life’s problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.““My parents are driving me nuts. They don’t realize that at 15 I’m a grown woman.““Our kids have been become polished debaters, arguing their cases. Parents don’t say, as ours did, ‘You can’t because I said you can’t’ to close an argument.““Pay attention to your children, they are this nation’s hope for tomorrow.““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.“Best Ann Landers QuotesEppie Lederer started writing the ‘Ask Ann Landers’ column in 1955, lasting for 47 years, during which time it had 90 million readers.These Ann Landers quotes will motivate you in life and ignite a fire of inspiration within you.“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.““Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.““People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.““Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.““Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.““Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.““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.““My personal recipe for success is: Do what you love and don’t look at the clock.““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.““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. ““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 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.““Well, you do have such a bank, and its name is time. Every morning, this bank credits you with 1,440 minutes. And it writes off as forever lost whatever portion you have failed to invest to good purpose.““Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line.““Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.““Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.”
During her early years, Ann Landers liked to be addressed as ‘Mrs. Lederer’.
