Dr Phil McGraw

Like an enemy I knew as intimately as any friend, I came to know the nagging, constant emptiness of the incongruent life. I ignored myself and lived for people, purposes, and goals that weren’t my own. I betrayed who I was and instead accepted a fictional substitute that was defined from the outside in.

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.

Well, let me tell you, if you’re 45, had three children and are post-menopausal, you’re not going to weigh what you did the day you graduated from high school. Get that out of your head. That’s a media-driven ideal that you’re never going to healthfully obtain.

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

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

When you make changes in your life, make sure you’re moving toward the things you want.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.

When we are through, we shall have reproduced American life as lived; and that, I think is the best way of preserving at least a part of our history and tradition.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.

I am not young enough to know everything.

There’s a part of me I can’t get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once, I’ll never be the same.

Life did not stop, and one had to live.

How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.

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

Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself- don’t stop until you’ve filled a page. Sit and relish each quality and accomplishment. When you remember how much you have to be proud of, you don’t need to envy others. Instead of wallowing in your jealousy, use your friends’ accomplishments as inspiration to pursue the life you want.

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood. But everyone has something to give.

We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.

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