Phil McGraw Quotes:
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.
Phil McGraw
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.
Phil McGraw
I’m embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.
Phil McGraw
I’m one of those that believes you can’t be one kind of a man and another kind of president.
Phil McGraw
If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does.
Phil McGraw
I just am not good at math.
Phil McGraw
I mean, I’m very, very competitive.
Phil McGraw
Well, I’m not sure what pop psychology is, but I don’t like it.
Phil McGraw
A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.
Phil McGraw
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
I tell you, if you’re in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you’re back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you’ve got to keep moving.
Phil McGraw
Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you’re not going to get anywhere.
Phil McGraw
I’m not a politician.
Phil McGraw
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we’re so busy now.
Phil McGraw
Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we’re doing. We believe things about ourself.
Phil McGraw
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.
Phil McGraw
As parents we’re not nearly as computer literate as our children are.
Phil McGraw
You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.
Phil McGraw
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
Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.
Phil McGraw
Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don’t choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.
Phil McGraw
Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they’ll feel confused and lost.
Phil McGraw
Nothing’s funnier to me than laughing at myself.
Phil McGraw
When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.
Phil McGraw
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.
Phil McGraw