Ann Landers Quotes

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.

I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.

Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

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

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

I feel like anything I'm doing in life, I try to stay myself and be as honest and true as I can be, you know, and be a nice person. I've always been taught to be kind to people and have an open mind about life.

I don't know if it is of any joy to humiliate people. No matter what, whether you're high in life or low in life, humiliation and such kinds of things should just be ignored. I don't derive any pleasure from running people down.

I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.

A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.

At the highest level of your craft, you don't have to play games or make people feel small; you can just embrace.

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.

I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others.

The most attractive quality of all is dignity.

No lies, just love.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

I value kindness in myself and others. I try to remain super-vigilant about my targets and make extra sure that my sometimes barbed comments are deserved and in response to genuine malefaction.

I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve success.

When I was young and getting bullied at school and really not feeling like I would amount to much and staying isolated, my mom used to say to me a lot about how you treat people and always having dignity and respect.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.

It's wrong for a guy to have no personality, no heart. Because I don't care about style or money.

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

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

I think everyone deserves dignity.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.