Joyce Brothers Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

If you change nothing, nothing changes.

If you change nothing, nothing changes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The best proof of love is trust.

The best proof of love is trust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The greatest happiness is family happiness.

The greatest happiness is family happiness.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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