Phil McGraw Quotes
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What I want people to do is what's healthy for them.
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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.
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You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.
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I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.
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It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.
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I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president.
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When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.
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The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dr. Phil's Ten Life Laws
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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.
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You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
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I just am not good at math.
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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.
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A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.
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Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.
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I mean, I'm very, very competitive.
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Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.
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There are some sick people in this world.
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As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.
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Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.
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We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.