Quotes from Phil McGraw

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

Sometimes you've just gotta give yourself what you wish you were getting from someone else.

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.

Awareness without action is worthless.

Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.

Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

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.

I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president.

If you marry for money you will earn every penny.

If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.

You can't change what you don't acknowledge.

Stand up and walk out of your history

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.

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

You should consider an employment change before you consider selling out.

If what you're doing isn't working, change it.

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

I mean, I'm very, very competitive.

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.

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

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

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.