Phil McGraw Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.”

“The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears.”

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

“Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.”

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

“Awareness without action is worthless.”

“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.”

“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 so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.”