Quotes from Phil McGraw

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.

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.

Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.

Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.

You get what you ask for in this life. If you ask for nothing, you get nothing.

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.

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.

Life is not a success only journey.

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.

Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

Success means different things in different parts of my life, but overall if I have to define ultimately what success means - the bottom line - then for me it's if the family is healthy and happy.

We are proud to have a platform through the Dr Phil show and the Dr. Phil Foundation to offer children the voice they need to meet their goals in having a better life.

Well, I'm not sure what pop psychology is, but I don't like it.

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

Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

Life Is Managed; It Is Not Cured.

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.

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.

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.