Dr Phil McGraw

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

There is no reality, only perception.

The difference between you and the person you envy, is that you settle for less.

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

When you do something that you really think is stupid, bad decision, irresponsibleand it just happens and you suffer it then that’s penalty. But if you learn from it it becomes tuition.

People are used to being coddled.

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is what happened on the banks.

Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exists because of their silent consent.

We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.

When you do something that you really think is stupid, bad decision, irresponsibleand it just happens and you suffer it then that’s penalty. But if you learn from it it becomes tuition.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.

Do you realize if it weren’t for Edison we’d be watching TV by candlelight?

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer.

If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect.

Since when is “public safety” the root password to the Constitution?

Life is a marathon, it’s not a sprint.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

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