Joyce Brothers was an American psychologist, television personality, and columnist. She wrote a syndicated advice column, and hosted a television show, The Dr. Joyce Brothers Show, from 1958 to 1969. She was a pioneer in the field of media psychology, and was the first psychologist to appear regularly on television. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Joyce Brothers on friendship, life, love.
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The best proof of love is trust.
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.
When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
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.
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
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A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. — Joyce Brothers
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My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.
Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.
Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words.
There is such a thing as bad publicity.
I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.
Hunches are a kind of subterranean logic shorthand.
Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children.
The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.
Scientists still know less about what attracts men than they do about what attracts mosquitoes.
Joyce Brothers Quotes About Life
If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider. — Joyce Brothers
I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. — Joyce Brothers
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted person in another person's life. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change . . . . A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life. — Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers Quotes About Love
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
When you come right down to it, the secret to having it all is loving it all. — Joyce Brothers
When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window. — Joyce Brothers
The simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love. — Joyce Brothers
No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along. — Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers Quotes About Person
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. — Joyce Brothers
A person's self-concept is the core of his personality. — Joyce Brothers
A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway. — Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers Quotes About Success
In each of us there are places we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them. — Joyce Brothers
Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. — Joyce Brothers
Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success. — Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers Famous Quotes And Sayings
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can -- and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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 — Joyce Brothers
Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead. — Joyce Brothers
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." — Joyce Brothers
The best of all possible marriages is a seesaw in which first one, then the other partner is dominant. — Joyce Brothers
For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them. — Joyce Brothers
The greatest happiness is family happiness. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all. — Joyce Brothers
If you change nothing, nothing changes. — Joyce Brothers
I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped. — Joyce Brothers
Women do not dress specifically for men or against other women. They dress for their subconscious. — Joyce Brothers
Whatever a man thinks about sex, you can be sure that he thinks about sex almost constantly. — Joyce Brothers
Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children. — Joyce Brothers
... 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. — Joyce Brothers
They say that money is not everything. I say that when you don't have any, it is everything. — Joyce Brothers
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. — Joyce Brothers
When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner. — Joyce Brothers
Life Lessons by Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers taught that life is about learning from your mistakes and growing from them. She also stressed the importance of having a positive attitude and believing in yourself.
She believed that taking risks, being open to change, and having a sense of humor were essential to living a fulfilling life.
Finally, she emphasized the importance of having meaningful relationships and making time for yourself to relax and recharge.
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