Joyce Brothers Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

The greatest happiness is family happiness.

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

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

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

The best proof of love is trust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you change nothing, nothing changes.

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