Phil McGraw Quotes - Page 3

There is power in forgiveness.

Willpower is a myth. The problem with trying to use willpower to achieve and sustain a behavioral change is that it is fueled by emotion. And as we all know, our emotions are, at best, fickle. They come and go. When your emotions start running down -- and they will -- even your best-laid plans will fall flat.

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.

When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger

Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.

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

Life is not a success only journey.

Why do so many marriages fail? Because nobody gets taught how to be married. We're not taught how to pick a mate, or why to pick a mate; we don't know how to manage our emotions once we're in a marriage; we don't know how to resolve marital conflict. Married people have never been taught why they or their spouses feel the way they do and act the way they do. Nobody has ever taught us the fundamentals.

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.

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

It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

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.

A mother is only as happy as her saddest child.

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

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.

Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won't get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.

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

People create their own experiences.

You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt.

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

Like an enemy I knew as intimately as any friend, I came to know the nagging, constant emptiness of the incongruent life. I ignored myself and lived for people, purposes, and goals that weren't my own. I betrayed who I was and instead accepted a fictional substitute that was defined from the outside in.