Phil McGraw Quotes

Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The process of maturing does not mean to become a captive of conceptualization. It is to come to the realization of what lies in our innermost selves.

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.

From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art.

This desire to fashion, to shape, a self and a life has all but gone from a contemporary culture whose emphasis, paradoxically enough, is so much on self.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

I like people that define their own values. I am much more interested in somebody who has their own definition of what they value, their own definition of what success is, their own definition of what love is.

I never let track define me. That's something that's really important to me.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me.

I am my own person with my own experiences, personality, and definition of success.

I think everybody needs to find out who they are and who their, like, inner superhero is, or who you like to be. The world would be a better place if everyone was doing what the hell they wanted to do and being who they wanted to be.

Everybody who really knows me knows who I am, who I'm about and what I'm about.

I cannot be anyone else but Memphis. I tried that, and I was not happy with myself.

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself. and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.

You have to be somebody before you can share yourself.

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.

I am increasingly an architect of self. I am free to will and choose. I can, through accepting my individuality... become more of my uniqueness, more of my potentiality.

Would you rather live your life according to the approval of others or aligned with your truth and your dreams?

My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.

Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.

Authentic success is living by your own lights.