Phil McGraw Quotes

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

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears.

Learn when's a good time to shut up

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

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

There is no reality, only perception.

I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don't have to.

People create their own experiences.

A mother is only as happy as her saddest child.

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

Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

Most choices are driven by immediate results.

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

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you're living your life doesn't matter. What matters is whether you're comfortable with it.

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

The most you get is what you ask for.

Success means different things in different parts of my life, but overall if I have to define ultimately what success means - the bottom line - then for me it's if the family is healthy and happy.

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

Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we're doing. We believe things about ourselves.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you're back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you've got to keep moving.

There are some sick people in this world.

Those who marry for money end up EARNING it anyway.

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

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

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

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

We are proud to have a platform through the Dr Phil show and the Dr. Phil Foundation to offer children the voice they need to meet their goals in having a better life.

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

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.

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

You have to name it to claim it

If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I'd been gone in two weeks.

Common sense needs to be more common.

This is no dress rehearsal.

If you marry for money you will earn every penny.

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.

Life Is Managed; It Is Not Cured.

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.

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

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

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

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