Best 68 quotes of Joyce Brothers on MyQuotes

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words.

Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead.

A person's self-concept is the core of his personality.

A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's seat at the very moment when all a man's adult judgment and insight is needed.

Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Don't always try to be popular. It isn't possible for everyone to like you. It's far more important for you to like yourself. And when you respect yourself, strangely, you get more respect than when you court it from others.

Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

For some reason, we see divorce as a signal of failure, despite the fact that each of us has a right, and an obligation, to rectify any other mistake we make in life.

Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.

Hunches are a kind of subterranean logic shorthand.

I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others.

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

If we did get a divorce, the only way my husband would find out about it is if they announced it on Wide World of Sports.

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.

I have emerged from the tunnel of grief into the light. Life is better. Not the same, but good and getting better all the time.

In each of us there are places we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

It is a man's world at the top, at the bottom, and in between. Men are in the catbird seat as far as income, opportunity, status, and power are concerned. This is the way it always has been and, as far as men are concerned, it is the way it always should be.

I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says. . . . When he finishes talking, ask him about any points that you do not understand.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Love, real love, is not simply a state of bliss. It is an ever-changing state, the result of time and emotional development, of trust and commitment.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.

Music is stored in our long-term memory. When we learn something through music, we tend to remember it longer and believe it more deeply. Dr. Joyce Brothers

Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M.

... no matter how great the differences are between men and women, the differences among members of the same sex are usually equally great if not greater.

No matter how lovesick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along!

No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.

Nothing brings families together faster than forgiveness. That should make it Step No. 1, but most of us find forgiving hard. We associate it with weakness and losing when, actually, the reverse is true. When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner. You break free of control by the other person's actions.

Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.

Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.

Scientists still know less about what attracts men than they do about what attracts mosquitoes.

Sex and love are like tea and milk. They can be mixed or they can be taken straight. Each has certain distinctive characteristics, but when they are combined they form a unique substance.

Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children.

Strong families use the word "we" a lot, but "I" is never forgotten. Family members know they have the freedom to go off on their own, even if the direction is one that "we" have never followed before. The family message is, "We're behind you, so you can be you.

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence.

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

The best proof of love is trust.

The best of all possible marriages is a seesaw in which first one, then the other partner is dominant.

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.