Dr Phil McGraw

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there’s too much guilt.

Experts indicate that you should aim for consistent weight loss of about one to two pounds per week, so you should remain realistic—you aren’t going to lose 40 pounds per week (no matter what any diet product claims).

The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something and someone. The need for acceptance is more powerful in your family than anywhere else…. If that need is not met by your family, trust me, your kids will go elsewhere to seek it in order to find approval and acceptance.

As parents we’re not nearly as computer literate as our children are.

You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.

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

I am from the planet of elegance.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Common sense needs to be more common.

I don’t think I’ve made mistakes. Every time somebody said I made a mistake, they do the polls and my numbers go up, so I guess I haven’t made any mistakes.

Opportunities are usually disguised by hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.

Silence is so accurate.

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

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

I haven’t put a pencil to a piece of paper, working out a problem, in years; I do it in my head.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Trouble with the world today is people don’t go to children enough. I don’t like old people. I stay away from them.