Dr Phil McGraw

Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won’t get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

It’s great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won’t; it’s up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.

If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn’t be necessary.

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

Well, I’m not sure what pop psychology is, but I don’t like it.

I didn’t just come in on a load of turnips!

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

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked.

Life did not stop, and one had to live.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

This is the only reason Greenfield Village exists-to give us a sense of unity with our people through the generations, and to convey the inspiration of American genius to our young men. As a nation we have not depended so much on rare or occasional genius as on the general resourcefulness of our people. That is our true genius, and I am hoping that Greenfield Village will serve that.

There is no greater impotence in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.

I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

History is more or less bunk.

Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.

The worst things in history have happened when people stop thinking for themselves and listen to other people and, even worse, start following other people. That’s what gives rise to dictators.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

We have only started with the development of our country-we have not as yet, with all our talk of wonderful progress, done more than scratch the surface.

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