Phil McGraw Quotes

It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives.

The implication is that this basic idea we have that we are controlled by our genes is false. It's an idea that turns us into victims. I'm saying we are the creators of our situation. The genes are merely the blueprints. We are the contractors, and we can adjust those blueprints. And we can even rewrite them.

People have to make their own decisions about their lives.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.

You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose.

There are no limits to what you can create for you, because your ability to think is unlimited! But you cannot create other people's lives for them. You cannot think for them, and if you try to force your opinions on others you will only attract like forces to you. So let all others create the life they want.

Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.

We may find it convenient to live with the illusion that circumstances or other people are responsible for the quality of our lives, but the reality is that we are responsible-response-able-for our choices.

There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us.

If life was what you made of it, then it could not be made for you.

You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.

Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. so when I'm observing that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make

Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.

When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

You are the Master of your own Destiny

It makes me angry when people insist that I have a responsibility to do what they think I should do.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute

I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.

You write your life story by the choices you make.

Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it".

Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.