Dr Phil McGraw

The difference between you and the person you envy, is that you settle for less.

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

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I’m going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that’s OK.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

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.

This ain’t my first rodeo son!

I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

The difference between winners and losers is that winners do things losers don’t want to do.

I’m going to go down and take care of the bill. I’m not going to embarrass you, just let me do it. I had such a great time, I just want it to be my treat. [On returning after several minutes red faced] They won’t take my check, I don’t know what we’re going to do. [Robertson said ‘David, what we’ve spent here, we’re going to have to do a lot of dishes.’] I’m going to call Prince Rupert [Loewenstein] and ask him to call the hotel and tell them I’m good for it. Or maybe he can pay the bill and then I’ll pay him back or something. [Prince Rupert vouched for his credit and the hotel agreed to accept Geffen’s check.]

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

I apologize when I’m wrong.

Think about all of the times, situations, and circumstances where you have gotten caught up in making your self right rather than happy… The harder you fight to win, the bigger you lose.

When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

If you really understand Zen, you can use any book, even the dictionary, because the sound of the rain needs no translation.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

You know I don’t wanna come on ungrateful, but that warren report, you know as well as me, just didn’t make it. You know, like they might as well have asked some banana salesman from des moines, who was up in toronto on the big day, if he saw anyone around looking suspicious…

Not only can you not plan the impact you’re going to have, you often won’t recognize it when you’re having it.