Dr Phil McGraw

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.

It’s great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won’t; it’s up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.

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.

In the meantime, let’s agree that what makes a problem big is simply that it’s yours.

Leaders inspire. They aren’t assigned leadership. They command it.

Sometimes you have to make the right decision, and sometimes you have to make the decision right.

Insight emerges out of silence.

There can be no lasting peace where hatred exists. Hatreds will continue to arise as long as the causes of war are not rooted out and exposed.

Four women have helped me: mother, sister, mother-in-law and wife.

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.

The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people say about your work.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Am I ever gonna grow a thick skin? No.

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

There are certain things we come into this world having to defeat.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.