Phil McGraw Quotes

Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.

You either get it or you don't. Become one of those who get it.

There is no reality, only perception.

You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

I think I've got the best staff in television.

There is power in forgiveness.

Well, I'm not sure what pop psychology is, but I don't like it.

Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt.

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

Leaders inspire. They aren't assigned leadership. They command it.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.

Stand up and walk out of your history

Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.

I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people.

I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program - that emotion will fade.

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger

You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

The most you get is what you ask for.

I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.

If you don't know what it is you want - and I mean specifically - then you won't even know when you have it.

I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president.

Life is not a success only journey.

You need to face the pain and the fear and walk through the Grief.

Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.

Learn when's a good time to shut up

You're only lonely if you're not there for you.

Unless you know who you are, you will always be vulnerable to what people say.

God is a loving god.

In life you have three options with any situation that is a challenge. Remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it.

People are used to being coddled.

Everybody should have the opportunity to do and be everything they can be.

Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.

It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.

Loving smart means believing in you, your worth and your value.

You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.

I've learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.

Common sense needs to be more common.

You have to name it to claim it

What I want people to do is what's healthy for them.

Are you doing what you're doing today because you want to do it, or because it's what you were doing yesterday?

Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

I just am not good at math.

There are some sick people in this world.

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.

If what you're doing isn't working, change it.

Eighty percent of all questions are statements in disguise.

Not everybody is some kind of media model.

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

A mother is only as happy as her saddest child.

Those who marry for money end up EARNING it anyway.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.

It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.

I think you're running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, 'Brace yourself honey, here I come!'

It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.

You get what you ask for in this life. If you ask for nothing, you get nothing.

When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.

Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.

The truth doesn't have versions, it just is.

You should consider an employment change before you consider selling out.

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

People create their own experiences.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

Take the high road, there's a lot less traffic up there.

This is your life and the clock is ticking.

Life is managed; it is not cured.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.

This is no dress rehearsal.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

if you continue to do what you've always done, you will continue to have what you've always had.

If you marry for money you will earn every penny.

You can't put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken!

It's great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won't; it's up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

Most choices are driven by immediate results.

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.

Men fall in love with their eyes. Women fall in love with their ears.

You must demand nothing less than the best of yourself and for yourself. You must tell yourself that it is not wrong to want it all.

The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.

We teach people how to treat us.

I mean, I'm very, very competitive.