Dr Phil McGraw

I mean, look, teachers don’t do their job for the money, obviously, because we pay them ridiculously little amounts for what they put in. Most of them come out of their own pocket for materials and things to help the children and all that.

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

Failure is no accident.

Obesity has overtaken cancer as the No. 1 cause of avoidable, preventable death in American society. It’s an epidemic-level problem.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

There’s a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behavior.

You’ll turn out ordinary if you’re not careful.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

A tiny leak can sink a ship.

You can’t change other people or (some) conditions; you can change only your reactions to them.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars.

If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.