Quotes from Phil McGraw

I just am not good at math.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

If you marry for money you will earn every penny.

Men fall in love with their eyes. Women fall in love with their ears.

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

Eighty percent of all questions are statements in disguise.

The true friend is the one that's coming in the door while everyone else is going out.

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.

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

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.

Food is a coping mechanism people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

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.

You're only lonely if you're not there for you.

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.

I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.

You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want they choose what they think is safe.

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.

I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program - that emotion will fade.

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.

Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

When you allow a person's words to upset you, you're giving away your power.

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.