Dr Phil McGraw

Nothing’s funnier to me than laughing at myself.

The difference between you and the person you envy, is that you settle for less.

When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I’m just doing this for the money or I’m just going through the motions, I’ll quit.

If someone out there doesn’t agree with me, then somewhere a village is missing their idiot.

You get what you ask for in this life. If you ask for nothing, you get nothing.

When you get emotional, slow your thoughts down, and listen attentively (write it down). That way, you’ll be able to hear what you are thinking. You do this becoming very still and very quiet, and recording your thoughts. These high-speed thoughts and internal reactions always precede your feelings and emotions. Trust me, you did tell yourself something if you now feel anger, mad, anxious, frustrated, sad or depressed. From now on, whenever you get upset, listen ever so carefully, to what you are telling yourself.

Are people more violently opposed to fur rather than leather because its much easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs?

Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless thing.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don’t have to.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

People say time heals all wounds. Let me tell you, time heals nothing. You can do the wrong thing for 10 years and it doesn’t equal the right thing for one day.

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.

I think you’re running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, ‘Brace yourself honey, here I come!’

Creativity is a renewable resource. Be as creative as you like, as often as you like, because you can never run out!

I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.

Life has two rules: 1. Never quite 2. Always remember 1.

No American ought to be compelled to strike for his rights. He ought to receive them naturally, easily, as a matter of course.

I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim…

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.