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

Better Children Every Generation

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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

Ask Because Embarrassed Every

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I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president.

Phil McGraw

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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

Abortion American Any Both

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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

About Dad Did How

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You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.

Phil McGraw

Because Body Listen Listening

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We teach people how to treat us

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It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.

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Alone Better Else Healthy

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If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.

Phil McGraw

More Require Want You

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Awareness without action is worthless.

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Action Awareness Without Worthless

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

Phil McGraw

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You're only lonely if you're not there for you.

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Lonely Only You

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The most you get is what you ask for.

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Ask Get Most You

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Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.

Phil McGraw

Climb Dragon Get Going

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I think you're running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, 'Brace yourself honey, here I come!'

Phil McGraw

Come Here Honey IThink

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The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!

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About Average Just Left

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

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Decision Make Right RightDecision

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You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

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Horses How Learn Make

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

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Game Life Play Realize

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

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Face Hard Mirror Own

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

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

Phil McGraw

Anybody Else Judgment MyOwn

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

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Easier Hear Instead Much

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I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

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Athletics Grew Keep People

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

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Board Life LifeIsA Score

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Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

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Come Crisis Plan Until

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If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

Phil McGraw

Debt Everything Get Out

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

Phil McGraw

Dial Doing Kids Know

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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

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There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.

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Being BeingInLove Between Big

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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

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

Phil McGraw

Healthy People Them Want

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Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

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Challenge Everyone Faces Finding

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I mean, I'm very, very competitive.

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Competitive Mean Very

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Well, I'm not sure what pop psychology is, but I don't like it.

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Like Pop Psychology Sure

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

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Childhoods Get Know Lot

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

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Anywhere Authority Deal Get

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

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Because Busy IThink Now

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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

Bad Best Everybody Foot

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

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Children Computer Literate Nearly

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

Phil McGraw

Bully Frequency High Home

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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

Care Diet Don'tCare Emotion

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Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

Phil McGraw

Loss Programming Successful Takes

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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

Based Choices Choose Eighty

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

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Afraid Because Confused Coping

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Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

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Funnier Laughing Me Myself

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

Phil McGraw

Create Family First Foremost

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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.

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Boundaries Enforce Great Grown

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I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.

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1343 Personality Quotes

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

Phil McGraw

You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.

Phil McGraw

We teach people how to treat us

Phil McGraw

It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.

Phil McGraw

If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.

Phil McGraw

Awareness without action is worthless.

Phil McGraw

Phil McGraw

You're only lonely if you're not there for you.

Phil McGraw

The most you get is what you ask for.

Phil McGraw

Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.

Phil McGraw

I think you're running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, 'Brace yourself honey, here I come!'

Phil McGraw

The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!

Phil McGraw

Phil McGraw

You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

Phil McGraw

If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

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

Phil McGraw

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

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

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

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

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.