Dr Phil McGraw

What I want people to do is what’s healthy for them.

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.

Unless you know who you are, you will always be vulnerable to what people say.

You must demand nothing less than the best of yourself and for yourself. You must tell yourself that it is not wrong to want it all.

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.

There are some sick people in this world.

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?

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.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

She isn’t the sunrise, she’s the f**king sun.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

It’s not the time to look for excuses.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak of yourself.

Enough or not…it will have to do.

You have to be odd to be number one.

I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

Individualism is what makes cooperation worth living.

Spring is the time of plans and projects.

People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.