Joyce Brothers Quotes

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

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

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

"We treat each other well" In strong families, positive strokes outnumber negative broadsides by a wide margin. Members regularly express appreciation: "Thanks for fixing the drainpipe." "you look so nice in that dress." "The dinner was great" Criticism is offered gently. After all, strong families figure, if we can be kind to strangers, why not to one another.

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

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."

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

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

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

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.

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

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

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

Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash.

Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Warning! Do not confuse your hunches with wishful thinking. This is the road to disaster.