Phil McGraw Quotes

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

I have learned how to better handle things as they come.

I'm sure that everyone has been in a situation in their lives where they've had to change their game plan.

Things in life just happen and then you make the best of the situation and you keep moving.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

Accept the difficulty of what you cannot yet change. But do not accept the impossibility of ever changing it.

Accept what you can not change-change that which is unacceptable.

Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.

I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.

We have to adapt and overcome, that's all we can do.

Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Life doesn't care about your vision. Stuff happens, and you've just got to deal with it. You roll with it; that's the beauty of it all.

If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way.

I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world - whether it's football, politics or hairstyles. So I don't get anxious about the future, because I was raised to believe and accept that nothing stays the same, and the best way to survive is to adapt.

Crisis creates opportunity.

Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.

I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.

No matter what twists and turns your life offers you, your ability to be adaptable and flexible will help you to stay open to all of the hidden gifts that difficulty may offer.

When we lost Steve, it was a real crossroads of deciding if you're just going to curl up in the corner or try to do something even bigger and better.

I always say the more problems you have, the more opportunities you have.