Phil McGraw

“You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“If you've gone into a marriage and you haven't been clear about how you're going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you've set yourself up for failure.”

“I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program - that emotion will fade.”

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

“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.”

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

“My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.”