Joyce Brothers Quotes

Women do not dress specifically for men or against other women. They dress for their subconscious.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men have two basic needs. Neither of them, no matter what they say, is sex. They need love and they need work. And work takes priority over love. If a woman could know only one fact about men and work, it should be that work is the most seductive mistress most men ever have.

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.

Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least; happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist in not knowing it.

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.

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

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.

The best proof of love is trust.

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.

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

When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.

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.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

The simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love.

They say that money is not everything. I say that when you don't have any, it is everything.

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

The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything.

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.

As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.

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.

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

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.

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.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

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.

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

The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.

For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.

The greatest happiness is family happiness.

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

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

When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner.