Dr. Joyce Brothers Quotes
A family psychologist, author, and advice columnist; born Joyce Diane Bauer.
(1928 - )
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A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
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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.
[Acceptance]
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An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.
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Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words.
[Anger]
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As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.
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Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.
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Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
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Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.
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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.
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For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.
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I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.
[Luck]
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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.
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I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.
[Decisions]
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If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.
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If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.
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In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
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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.
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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.
[Marriage]
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No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.
[Decisions]
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