Ann Landers Quotes

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.

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.

You cannot control another human being, and you just have to learn to go with the flow and laugh at yourself, in whatever capacity.

Accept what you cannot control.

Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.

As I grow older, I put all life's bulls**t aside. I think the process of the laying off of the bulls**t starts around 40. Before that, most men have their heads stuck in their ass. After 40, you see things differently. You've found yourself. You're accepting yourself and what you got from life.

Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial that leaves me stuck.

I think there are things that you look for when you're younger, and you think they are going to make you happier or make you feel complete. That's not going to happen, and it's really about living the moments. Eventually, you reach a point when you're at ease with your life and don't have any unrealistic expectations.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

I used to let a lot of unimportant things bother me. I don't anymore. Right now, things are going great in my life. It used to be when that happened, I would be waiting for something to go wrong. Now I don't expect that - if something negative does happen, I'll deal with it, learn from it and realize it is the way it is supposed to be.

You learn to accept your own reality.

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin.

I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

The course is going to make you look silly sometimes. You have to be able to accept that and move on.

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

It was kind of a hard lesson when I figured out that not everybody is going to be kind, be sweet. So I've learned that I am never going to make everybody happy. There's always going to be someone who can't stand the way I write, and I can't take that personally.