Dr Phil McGraw

Eighty percent of all questions are statements in disguise.

If you harbor hatred, anger, and bitterness (towards her), then you are absolutely locked into a bond through those negative emotions.

Its a choice. You just have to decide that I’m not going to put my energy there. I’m going to decide to let this go. It’s your choice. You can embrace it, you can become a prisoner of bitterness and resentment anger and victim city, or you can just say ‘I’m going to live my life and be happy’.

Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life.

I’ve talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they’re judged. They think they’re unattractive.

Happiness isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

Power begins with having a crystal-clear view of reality and what each and every person in your life is driven by.

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

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

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

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

I didn’t start a war. Nobody died.

We change every minute, never the same. If there’s no room to express the changes there can’t be any truthfulness.

It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Drama and crisis are currency to them because they love the power to make people react. They thrive on a good fight, a good scandal, a good drama.

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.

How beautiful the world was when one looked at it without searching, just looked, simply and innocently.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.