Quotes from Dr. Phil McGraw

You can't change other people or (some) conditions; you can change only your reactions to them.

If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don't carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.

Forgiveness of those who have transgressed against you, or those you love, is not about them; it is about you. It is a gift to yourself.

Smugglin' that by me? That's like tryin' to smuggle sunrise past a rooster.

If you ever get started on the right path to change, there is one important precondition you have to meet. You must rid yourself of that gnawing and overpowering sense of urgency and panic that always seems to appear on the scene.

If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn't be necessary.

The difference between winners and losers is that winners do things losers don't want to do.

Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration

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

Common sense needs to be more common.

We teach people how to treat us

The most you get is what you ask for.

You wouldn't worry so much about what other people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

There are some sick people in this world

This is no dress rehearsal.