Phil McGraw Quotes And Sayings

Phillip Calvin McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, psychologist, and the host of the television show Dr. Phil, which debuted in 2002. McGraw first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $70 million for the previous 12 months, and ranked him the 15th highest earning celebrity in the world.

There's A Big Difference Between Falling In Love And Being In Love. There's A Big Difference Between Infatuation And Falling In Love.

Sometimes You Make The Right Decision, Sometimes You Make The Decision Right.

You Don't Need A Pack Of Wild Horses To Learn How To Make A Sandwich.

Don't Wait Until You're In A Crisis To Come Up With A Crisis Plan.

You Don't Need A Rope To Pinch A Stranger's Butt.

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.

Everyone Faces The Challenge Of Finding Meaning To Their Suffering.

The Truth Is, I Think We Are A Self-less Society, Not A Selfish Society. Because We're So Busy Now.

It's Better To Be Healthy Alone Than Sick With Someone Else.

Well, Let Me Tell You, If You're 45, Had Three Children And Are Post-menopausal, You're Not Going To Weigh What You Did The Day You Graduated From High School. Get That Out Of Your Head. That's A Media-driven Ideal That You're Never Going To Healthfully Obtain.

Do You Realize That You Can't Play The Game Of Life With Sweaty Palms?

Awareness Without Action Is Worthless.

I'm Embarrassed Every Time I Look A Teacher In The Eye, Because We Ask Them To Do So Much For So Little.

A Year From Now, You're Gonna Weigh More Or Less Than What You Do Right Now.

Sometimes You Just Got To Give Yourself What You Wish Someone Else Would Give You.

It's So Much Easier To Tell People What They Want To Hear Instead Of What They Need To Hear.

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.

I Have Some Wonderful Friends From The Mideast That Are As Red, White And Blue As Anybody You Know, That Have Been Harassed, And I Think It's A Terrible, Terrible Thing.

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.

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.

Eighty Percent Of All Choices Are Based On Fear. Most People Don't Choose What They Want; They Choose What They Think Is Safe.

Oh, Everybody Wears A Mask. We All Put Our Best Foot Forward. We All Try And Make A Statement, I'm Not Saying That's Bad.

Every One Of Us Have Things That We Believe About Ourselves When Nobody Else Is Looking, Nobody Else Is Listening, Nobody Else Is Monitoring What We're Doing. We Believe Things About Ourself.

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.

I Do Not Believe, Even Remotely, That You Have To Have A Partner In Your Life In Order To Be Whole, In Order To Be Complete, In Order To Be Fulfilled. You Just Don't Have To.

If You're Trying To Get Out Of Debt, You Have To Be Willing To Treat Everything As Expendable.

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.

Successful Weight Loss Takes Programming, Not Willpower.

If Your Neighbor Has A Completely Different View On Abortion, Gay Marriage, Stem Cell Research, All Of Those Things, You Still Are Both Americans. Neither One Of You Is Necessarily More Patriotic Than The Other. Neither Loves Their Country Any More Than The Other One Does.

There Is Nothing Wrong With Your Marriage If You're Dealing With Bills And Kids And The Broken Garbage Disposal And In-laws And Work Demands. That's A Normal Marriage.

God Is A Loving God.

We Teach People How To Treat Us.

The Internet Is Just Bringing All Kinds Of Information Into The Home. There's Just A Lot Of Distraction, A Lot Of Competition For The Parent's Voice To Resonate In The Children's Ears.

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.

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.

I Don't Substitute Anybody Else's Judgment For My Own.

I Think You're Running Into A Lot Of Trouble If Your Idea Of Foreplay Is, 'Brace Yourself Honey, Here I Come!'

People Are Used To Being Coddled.

If You Want More, You Have To Require More From Yourself.

Life Is A Full-contact Sport, And There's A Score Up On The Board.

The Most You Get Is What You Ask For.

A Lot Of People Do Have Tragic Childhoods. But You Know What? Get Over It.

When You Get Married, Your Loyalty, First And Foremost, Is To Your Spouse, And To The Family That You Create Together.

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.

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.

Parents Need To Dial In And Know What Their Kids Are Doing.

There Are Some Sick People In This World.

Well, I'm Not Sure What Pop Psychology Is, But I Don't Like It.

I Mean, Look, Teachers Don't Do Their Job For The Money, Obviously, Because We Pay Them Ridiculously Little Amounts For What They Put In. Most Of Them Come Out Of Their Own Pocket For Materials And Things To Help The Children And All That.

Relationships Are Negotiated And If You Deal With Ultimatums And Authority All The Time, Then You're Not Going To Get Anywhere.