Dr Phil McGraw

Sometimes you’ve just gotta give yourself what you wish you were getting from someone else.

Smugglin’ that by me? That’s like tryin’ to smuggle sunrise past a rooster.

You’re FAT – and don’t try to sugarcoat it, because you’ll just eat that, too.

This is no dress rehearsal.

Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won’t get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

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

I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!

Chaos is a friend of mine.

Eighty percent of all questions are statements in disguise.

When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.

I do believe I am special. My special gift is my vision, my commitment, and my willingness to do whatever it takes.

Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience- or, briefly work.

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, simply drop it.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That’s wonderful, and I’m happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here to be where she was.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

I apologize when I’m wrong.