Best 80 quotes of Phil Mcgraw on MyQuotes

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.

A mother is only as happy as her saddest child.

Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you're living your life doesn't matter. What matters is whether you're comfortable with it.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

Awareness without action is worthless.

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

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.

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

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

Everybody should have the opportunity to do and be everything they can be.

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we're doing. We believe things about ourselves.

Grief is a process to go through, not a destination in which to wallow. In a process, you keep putting one foot in front of the other, and each little step is part of your healing.

Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don't have to.

If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I'd been gone in two weeks.

If you marry for money you will earn every penny.

If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

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.

If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people.

I mean, look, teachers don't do their job for the money, obviously, because we pay them ridiculously little amounts for what they put in. Most of them come out of their own pocket for materials and things to help the children and all that.

I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.

I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president.

I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you're back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you've got to keep moving.

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.

I think I've got the best staff in television.

I think you're running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, 'Brace yourself honey, here I come!'

It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.

It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.

It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.

I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged. They think they're unattractive.

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger

Learn when's a good time to shut up

Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.

Life is not a success only journey.

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Like an enemy I knew as intimately as any friend, I came to know the nagging, constant emptiness of the incongruent life. I ignored myself and lived for people, purposes, and goals that weren't my own. I betrayed who I was and instead accepted a fictional substitute that was defined from the outside in.

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

Most choices are driven by immediate results.

My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself- don't stop until you've filled a page. Sit and relish each quality and accomplishment. When you remember how much you have to be proud of, you don't need to envy others. Instead of wallowing in your jealousy, use your friends' accomplishments as inspiration to pursue the life you want.

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