Phil McGraw Quotes

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it.

I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself.

I expect greatness out of myself.

Whatever your walk in life is, you pick what you want to be, then go ahead and be the best one.

A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.

Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Every man who would do anything well, must come to it from a higher ground.

I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself.

I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be. I work hard, I push myself hard, and I probably even expect too much of myself.

I'm the type of person that always strives to be great.

I've come to expect more out of myself - as a citizen, as a man, as an athlete - to reach a better place, a place I've never been.

The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.

I feel like if I show people how good I'm doing with myself, then it'll bring people to want me to manage them as well.

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

You were created to excel. There’s no limit to how high you can go in life. Keep stretching to the next level.

I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.

The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.

If you do not have goals of your own you are doomed forever to work to achieve the goals of someone else.

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.