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
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. – Joyce Brothers
Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. – Joyce Brothers
No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn’t take the first pill that comes along. – Joyce Brothers
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. – 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
For men to be virgins, we think it’s negative. We think that there’s something wrong with them. – Joyce Brothers
The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have. – Joyce Brothers
I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn’t get my mind around it at all. – Joyce Brothers
Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing… the secret of having it all is loving it all. – Joyce Brothers
Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift… The hangover comes the day after. – Joyce Brothers
Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling. – 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
Feeling gratitude isn’t born in us – it’s something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children. – Joyce Brothers
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M. – Joyce Brothers
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash. – Joyce Brothers
The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart – and here’s why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary – to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship. – Joyce Brothers
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you’ve become a comfortable, trusted element in another person’s life. – Joyce Brothers
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
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
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. – Joyce Brothers
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. – Joyce Brothers
