Dr. Joyce Brothers Quotes

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.

Those who have easy cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments regardless of money "making it " or success.

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.

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.

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.

I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

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

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.