Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, tha... -Ann Landers

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Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

Ann Landers , Journalist
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Ann Landers was the pen name of American advice columnist Esther Pauline Friedman, who wrote the popular column "Ask Ann Landers." For several decades, Landers provided guidance and advice on a wide range of topics, including relationships, etiquette, and social issues. Her straightforward and compassionate approach to addressing readers' concerns made her a trusted and influential figure in the field of advice columnists. Her column was syndicated in numerous newspapers and reached millions of readers, earning her a devoted following.

Ann Landers Quotes to Explore

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass....
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times...
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....
If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there...
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful....
People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim....
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....
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 sp...
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat....

Future Quotes to Explore

As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people....
You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the ob...
Whether it is salt farmers in India embracing solar power or wind companies creating tens of thousands of jobs in America, people are providing a visi...
The Bible never divorces the truth of Christ's future return with our present-day responsibilities....
The world wants to know - is the future a democratic one or an autocratic one? And I want to make sure that the United States leads on that, clearly t...
We have to dare to modernize to get room to maneuver for the priorities in the future....
We can't change the past. We can only get ready for the future....
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't h...
For 25 years countless people have come to the U.N. climate conferences begging our world leaders to stop emissions and clearly that has not worked as...
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself....