Dr Phil McGraw

Are you doing what you’re doing today because you want to do it or because it’s what you were doing yesterday?

There is an interconnectedness among members that bonds the family, much like mountain climbers who rope themselves together when climbing a mountain, so that if someone should slip or need support, he’s held up by the others until he regains his footing.

I don’t care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program – that emotion will fade.

Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.

If you’ve gone into a marriage and you haven’t been clear about how you’re going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you’ve set yourself up for failure.

If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does.

Never put more in a relationship than you can afford to lose.

I never felt I was too protective. I felt I was functioning as a dam against the river of sh*t that comes pouring down on artists, and it was a job that I took very seriously.

Without a doubt, my richest relationships are my long-term friendships with musical partners, because we make music together. That’s what we love to do with our lives.

Dear Ladies: You should never need to prove to other women that he’s in love with you. That’s his job.

Certain guys tell me they want women of substance, not beautiful models. It just means they can’t get beautiful models.

Much healing can occur through the sexual act with a person you love and trust if the two of you can stay with each other during your most vulnerable moments. You enter into a sacred space, this unknown territory, from which you’ll emerge into new and unexpected states of being.

Good friends are good for your health.

It’s fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.

Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?

Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse. He will go to any length for it-risk fortune, character, reputation, life itself.

You know the funny thing, I don’t get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

I guess I am just not the marrying type. I have given it a few chances, and it just goes haywire after a month or two. I am on wife number five right now, maybe five’s a charm?

You know, it’s possible for two humans to be in a relationship without there needing to be some public reason for that relationship.

Why do so many marriages fail? Because nobody gets taught how to be married. We’re not taught how to pick a mate, or why to pick a mate; we don’t know how to manage our emotions once we’re in a marriage; we don’t know how to resolve marital conflict. Married people have never been taught why they or their spouses feel the way they do and act the way they do. Nobody has ever taught us the fundamentals.

Lasting love and forgiveness are two sides of the same page.