Dr Phil McGraw

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

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

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.

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

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

You would worry less about what people think, if you knew how little they did.

The concept of shaking hands is absolutely terrible, and statistically I’ve been proven right.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

I ask you to go back and read them over again, and this time answer “Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.

I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.

What I greatly hope for these children everywhere, is a new attitude toward life–free from the gullibility which thinks we can get something for nothing; free from the greed which thinks any permanent good can come of overreaching others; and, above all, expectant of change, so that when life gives them a jolt they will be fully prepared to push on eagerly along new lines.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

I can’t change history, I don’t want to change history. I can only change the future. I’m working on that.

A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Very jaded and tired and depressed and cross…Must fill my mind with air and light, and walk and blanket it in fog.

Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I’m at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa – I can’t face going to bed. I’m there with the TV on and all the lights on. I’m not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very.

Spring is the time of plans and projects.

We want to reproduce all those instruments which were prepared and used in America once upon a time.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.

Buy what thou hast no Need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.