Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

Ann Landers
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More Quotes By Ann Landers
  1. The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

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

  3. The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

  4. 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.

  5. Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

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