More from Phil McGraw
We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we’re capable of.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw Learn when’s a good time to shut up
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw I’ve never eaten a taco, and I don’t plan to.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw You can’t change other people or (some) conditions; you can change only your reactions to them.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw First, you’re going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw In the meantime, let’s agree that what makes a problem big is simply that it’s yours.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children, the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw 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 McGrawPhil McGraw The truth doesn’t have versions, it just is.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw This is no dress rehearsal.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw Life’s managed, not cured.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. I love myself, but not everything about me.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw
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From our community writers
Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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More on change
When you change the way you think and speak to yourself, you change.
Claire VinsonClaire Vinson We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It’s not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves.
Assata ShakurAssata Shakur Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck Nothing endures but change.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
PythagorasPythagoras I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg Every single problem is a gift that changes you for the good.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes The way of love is the way of no-expectation. Love exists only when there is a total acceptance and no desire to change anything.
OshoOsho