Ann Landers Quotes

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.

If you have to ask what the judges at Miss Supranational liked about me, I'd say it is my humility.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

I still do believe in carrying yourself a certain way, and I do my best to be somewhat of a role model. I'm not a perfect person. I'm a human being. I'm not the Lord, but I do accept that responsibility, and that's why I do try to carry myself with confidence, with poise, with grace, and with class.

Yes, I am a lingerie model, but I have class.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It's a personality.

I'm so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.

A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do.

Gentlemen and ladies are sure of their ground. They pretend to nothing that they are not.

I look at my grandmother, and she has this grace and class about her. When she walks into a room and sits down and talks to someone. Everything she does in life. I feel that women of her generation were really taught that.

Granddad taught me a long time ago, act like you've been there before.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

There was an aura about him (Joe DiMaggio). He walked like no one else walked. He did things so easily. He was immaculate in everything he did. Kings of State wanted to meet him and be with him. He carried himself so well. He could fit in any place in the world.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.

Silence is an ornament for women.

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.