Phil McGraw Quotes

Phil McGraw (75)

Birth:	1st September, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Anchor, Author, Psychologist

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• 1951 - Paul Muldoon
• 1723 - Adam Ferguson
• 1930 - Catherine Aird
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• 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.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Myself

• Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Challenge

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

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Parents

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

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Emotion

• 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.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Believe

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

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Fear, Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Afraid

• God is a loving god.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in God

• I don’t substitute anybody else’s judgment for my own.

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

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Body

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

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Life

•  What I want people to do is what’s healthy for them.

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  Topics in Health

  Tags in People

• The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we’re so busy now.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Society, Truth

  Tags in Think

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

  Phil McGraw

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  Tags in Violence, Frequency

• 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.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Marriage

• As parents we’re not nearly as computer literate as our children are.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Children

• Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you’re not going to get anywhere.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Time, Relationships

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

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Yourself

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

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Year

• 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.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Comfortable

• My dad used to say, ‘You wouldn’t worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

  Phil McGraw

  Topics in Advice

  Tags in People, Thoughts And Thinking