Dr Phil McGraw

If she doesn’t acknowledge what happened, then how can we trust that she is going to be different in the future?

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.

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

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger.

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

When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I’m just doing this for the money or I’m just going through the motions, I’ll quit.

There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in.

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

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.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood.

There are some sick people in this world.

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

The things you own end up owning you.

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

If you don’t have a plan, days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, months turn into years, and before you know it you’re looking back saying, I should’ve had a plan.

A lot of people always question, ‘What else can she do, what else can she do?’ And I’m going to show you

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

Whenever you get the idea that you are ‘fixed’ or that anything is ‘fixed’ for life, you’d better get ready for a sudden change.