Dr Phil McGraw

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

Every situation needs a hero. Step up and be that for your child.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.

These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children… the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.

Think about all of the times, situations, and circumstances where you have gotten caught up in making your self right rather than happy… The harder you fight to win, the bigger you lose.

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

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.

This is your life and the clock is ticking.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That’s wonderful, and I’m happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

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.

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Imitate, assimilate and innovate.

Don’t hurry, don’t worry. You’re only here for a short visit. So be sure and smell the flowers.

Success means different things in different parts of my life, but overall if I have to define ultimately what success means – the bottom line – then for me it’s if the family is healthy and happy.

You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.

If I’d known I’d live to be a 100 I’d have taken much better care of myself.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.