Dr Phil McGraw

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.

I mean, I’m very, very competitive.

Grief is a process to go through, not a destination in which to wallow. In a process, you keep putting one foot in front of the other, and each little step is part of your healing.

If you believe you deserve better, you will create better for yourself.

If she doesn’t acknowledge what happened, then how can we trust that she is going to be different in the future?

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

The world is held together by the mass of honest folk who do their daily tasks, tend their own spot in the world, and have faith that at last the Right will come fully into its own.

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

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

If you get good at what you do, part of getting there is enjoying what other players do.

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

Individualism is what makes cooperation worth living.

What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

[Moving to the West] was a culture shock. I had never seen cereal before! We had cottage cheese and pancakes in Russia, not colorful circles that came in cardboard boxes.

If you need a miracle, be a miracle.

How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did; I ought to know because I’ve done it a thousand times.

I mean, I’m very, very competitive.

I comfortable with everything – say whatever you want.