Joyce Brothers Quotes

Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence, even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious.

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

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.

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

There is such a thing as bad publicity.

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

When you come right down to it, the secret to having it all is loving it all.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Hunches are a kind of subterranean logic shorthand.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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.

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

Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

The need to connect with one another intimately is what makes and keeps us human. The challenge throughout life is to find the courage to reach out to potential partners when our primary relationship ends and to recharge our tried-and-true unions when their sizzle starts to fizzle.

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.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.

... 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.

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

Whatever a man thinks about sex, you can be sure that he thinks about sex almost constantly.

If you change nothing, nothing changes.

The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

Virginity is such a personal thing. You can't judge anyone on it. A lot of young women feel they want to save themselves for the man who they think they'll love forever.