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Phil McGraw, born September 1, 1950, is an American television personality, psychologist, and author. He is best known for hosting the talk show 'Dr. Phil,' which premiered in 2002 and became a top-rated daytime program. McGraw holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and initially worked in legal psychology consulting. He gained fame after appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where his straightforward advice resonated with audiences. Through his show and books, he offers guidance on relationships, self-improvement, and mental health. Despite some controversies, McGraw remains a prominent figure in American pop culture, bridging psychology and entertainment.

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Famous Phil McGraw Quotes

“The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something and someone. The need for acceptance is more powerful in your family than anywhere else.... If that need is not met by your family, trust me, your kids will go elsewhere to seek it in order to find approval and acceptance.”

People Ifs Needs Kids Order Powerful Numbers Acceptance Mets Our Family Belonging Elsewhere Approval Trust Me

Book:Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family

Source: Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family

“People say time heals all wounds. Let me tell you, time heals nothing. You can do the wrong thing for 10 years and it doesn't equal the right thing for one day.”

People Years Can Do One Day Equal Let Me Wounds Heal Right Thing Wrong Things Time Heals Time Heals All Time Heals All Wounds

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“Unless you know who you are, you will always be vulnerable to what people say.”

People Knows Who You Are Vulnerable

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“People create their own experiences.”

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“People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.”

People Should Book Transparent Open Book

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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.”

People Ifs Life Used Father Worry Dad My Dad

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“We teach people how to treat us.”

People Teach Treats

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“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.”

People Ends Matter Comfortable The End Of The Day What Matters Live Your Life

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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.”

People Thinking Want Choices Safe Percent Eighty

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

People Knows Childhood Tragic Over It Get Over

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“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.”

People Ifs Mean Names Existence Horrible Degrade

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

People Want Needs Easier

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“There are some sick people in this world.”

People World This World Sick

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

People Giving Feels Lost Confused Mechanism Coping Coping Mechanisms Lost And Confused

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“I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.”

People Grew Grew Up Score Athletics

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“I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged. They think they're unattractive.”

People Thinking Men Self Self Esteem Men And Women Esteem Judged Tanks Overweight Unattractive

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“If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I'd been gone in two weeks.”

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“People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.”

People Thinking Want Heart

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“Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.”

People Want Motivational Motivation Can Do Successful Successful People Can Do Something

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“Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.”

People Real Results Roles Pressure Passengers Heartless

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“Do it! People who succeed don't just sit and think about what they want to do. They take meaningful, purposeful, directional action consistently and persistently. Every step they take puts them toward the outcome they're looking for.”

People Thinking Want Action Steps Focus Succeed Meaningful Outcomes Consistently Every Step

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“People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.”

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“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.”

People Knows Way Feels Emotion Marriage Know How Failing Taught Conflict Married Picks Fundamentals Manage Resolve Mates Spouse Being Married Taught Us

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“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.”

People Knows Purpose Goal My Own Enemy Expectations Constant Accepted Defined Emptiness Substitutes Ignored Betrayed Nagging

Book:Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out

Source: Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out

About the Author

Born: September 1, 1950
Known for: Television personality
Quotes: 127

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The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss FreedomRelated source material

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