Dr Phil McGraw

The quickest way from A to B is not always at the most feverish pace.

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.

Men fall in love with their eyes. Women fall in love with their ears.

Don’t wait until you’re in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

What I want people to do is what’s healthy for them.

You’re FAT – and don’t try to sugarcoat it, because you’ll just eat that, too.

One side of unhealthy relating is if you are always pursuing or always retreating.

If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

[To Robertson] I think you should move to California. Malibu is paradise. You can always change your mind. Why don’t you just let me put this together? I’ll get you a house in the Malibu Colony.

There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.

Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you’re supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.

I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Sometimes you’ve just gotta give yourself what you wish you were getting from someone else.

The satisfaction that arises from honest accomplishment is of far more value in the promotion of human happiness than the thrill that comes with the realization of materialistic aspirations.

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

I don’t want your punk ass man, I’m too tough