Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
Ann LandersRead
Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened?
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the passage of time and the introspection that often comes with aging.
Ann Landers' quote captures the essence of how people often feel about aging. The 'thirty-five-year-old' represents the youthful spirit and ambitions that still exist within older individuals, while the question 'What happened?' highlights the surprise and introspection about how life has unfolded. It suggests a disconnect between the youthful self and the realities of aging, prompting reflection on choices, experiences, and the passage of time.
In practice
During a speech at a retirement party, this quote can remind attendees of the inner youth we all carry.
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
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.
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.
We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we'll likely find them, and we may get taken over by them.
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
A credible witness to truth and to the values of the Gospel is urgently needed.
Successful givers secure their oxygen masks before coming to the assistance of others. Although their motives may be less purely altruistic, their actions prove more altruistic, because they give more.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
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