Dr Phil McGraw

You can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken!

Nothing’s funnier to me than laughing at myself.

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.

You are only as happy as your saddest child.

We are proud to have a platform through the Dr Phil show and the Dr. Phil Foundation to offer children the voice they need to meet their goals in having a better life.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

I realize that advice is worth what it costs – that is, nothing.

I’m constantly reemerging in my life.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

I’m doing it because I choose it. And if it’s not working, I can make a change.

This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.

Trees are among the most useful things grown.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!

Take the high road, there’s a lot less traffic up there.

There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.

I’ve always thought that each person invented himself… for whatever reason, through whatever circumstance, through whatever he is gone through… that we are each a figment of our own imagination… And some people have a greater ability to imagine than others.

Enjoy what other people do and learn from them.

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.