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Quotes by Dr. Joyce Brothers

Dr. Joyce Brothers

“The worst way to miss someone is to have them sitting right next to you and know you can never have them.”

“Every time I think of it I pinch myself cause I dont believe its true, that someone like you loves me too.”

“Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that youve become a comfortable, trusted element in another persons life.”

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

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

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

“When you look at your life the greatest happiness are family happinesses”

“I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.”

“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 reachingfor the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.”

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.

No matter how lovesick a woman is she shouldnt take the first pill that comes along.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst take the risk.

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.

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 best proof of love is trust.

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

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

Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist in not knowing it.

I dont give advice. I cant 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.

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.