Phil McGraw Quotes

If you're taking care of yourself, then what can somebody else tell you?

You have enough people against you... be for yourself.

In the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence.

I decided after my last divorce to marry myself.

Only you can give yourself the love you need and deserve.

You've got to be your own best friend.

I realised no one else was going to care about me so I started to be nice to myself.

You have to really be on your own side.

Love yourself before any other person. That's when you can really survive on your own.

There's nobody who cares more about you than you, and there's nobody better equipped to take care of you than you.

I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

I just want to say to women, 'Be yourself - it's the inner beauty that counts. You are your own best friend, the key to your own happiness, and as soon as you understand that - and it takes a few heartbreaks - you can be happy.'

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

Nobody is more worthy of love in the entire universe than you. I wish I had reminded myself of that more.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.

It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

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

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

The secret is not to care what anyone thinks of you.

Sometimes I gotta look in the mirror and say, 'Hey, they're still saying you're too fat, but you're here! They gotta take it or leave it.' And in most cases, if they leave it, it's all good because they don't need to be in my space anyway.

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!