Joyce Diane Brothers was an American television celebrity, columnist and psychologist who became a household name while winning the top prize on the hit American game show ‘The $64,000 Question’. Tagged as the “face of American psychology” by the Washington post, she actively unfurled psychological advice with the help of mediums such as TV shows and columns. This self-proclaimed inventor of media psychology went on to publish several books such as ‘What Every Woman Should Know About Men’ and ‘Widowed’. Apart from her own ‘The Dr. Joyce Brothers Show’, she also appeared in movies such as ‘The King of Comedy’, ‘Animal Behavior and Age Isn't Everything’. For almost four decades she penned down monthly columns for the Good Housekeeping magazines. "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger and "Dr. Phil" McGraw have credited their television success to this “mother of television psychology”. She emphasized on the importance of acceptance of both success and failure equally. We have compiled Joyce Brothers quotes from her shows, books, columns and life. These quotes from Brothers radiated positivity, importance of communication and loving oneself. Let us go through these excerpts from Joyce Brothers.
Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.
Joyce Brothers
Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
Joyce Brothers
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
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.
Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
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.
Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.
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
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
