Ann Landers Quotes

There is always someone worse off than yourself.

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.

You should never look at somebody and say, 'I wish I had their life,' because you never really know what struggles they're going through.

A lot of people have it tougher than I do.

Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.

What happened to you could have been worse - it could have happened to me.

I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes.

There are other people who have it a lot worse

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all its hardships and misfortunes ; and this part also I cannot but recommend to the reflection of those who are apt, in their misery, to say, Is any affliction like mine? Let them consider how much worse the cases of some people are, and their case might have been, if Providence had thought fit.

If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.

No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.

She could not complain about not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs.

It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.

But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.