Dr Phil McGraw

Life is a full-contact sport, and there’s a score up on the board.

I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. I love myself, but not everything about me.

I’ve learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.

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.

It’s time for you to claim the happiness that you deserve in your life.

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

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we’re here to explore new possibilities.

If a girl have beef with me, she gon’ have beef with me forever.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They’ll tell you.

Of all the follies the elder generation falls victim to this is the most foolish, namely, the constant criticism of the younger element who will not be and cannot be like ourselves because we and they are different tribes produced of different elements in the great spirit of Time.

Do you realize that you can’t play the game of life with sweaty palms?

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

Don’t go through life, GROW through life.

I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, take the calculated risk, and take action!

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

But I do know there are not enough syllables to spell out how much I love you. I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love… You are my every moment, my every hour, my every day, my every season, and I know this isn’t poetry and it’s certainly not a haiku, it’s just all the things I needed to say to you.