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.
Joyce BrothersAnger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words.
Joyce BrothersIn each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.
Joyce BrothersWhen you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
Joyce BrothersWhen you come right down to it, the secret of having it all is loving it all.
Joyce BrothersNo matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive.
Joyce BrothersWe control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.
Joyce BrothersIf Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.
Joyce BrothersThe best proof of love is trust.
Joyce BrothersBefore your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.
Joyce BrothersLove 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 BrothersBeing taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
Joyce BrothersCredit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.
Joyce BrothersNo matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.
Joyce BrothersThe world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.
Joyce BrothersSuccess is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Joyce BrothersThe person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
Joyce BrothersThose who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, "making it", or success.
Joyce BrothersAccept 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 BrothersListening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Joyce BrothersIf your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.
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