Phil McGraw Quotes

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

In the beginning, I didn't have to love them, my acts. It was mostly about being successful, getting a trophy, and making some money. Now if I don't love the idea of it, I don't work on it.

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

Make sure you love what you do or it will eat you alive.

You can only make money doing what you love.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

There's a lot of American citizens out there that do jobs that they hate, day in and day out. For me to do what I love to do, with people that I like and enjoy being around who are chasing the same dream, same passions, to have that around you day in and day out, I think it says a lot.

That's the secret to happiness. Find something you can make money at that you really love to do.

For me, it's beautiful when career and passion come together.

Make sure you're doing something that you love, that you're willing to do for the rest of your life. If you're doing it for money, that's the only thing you won't make.

Nothing I did where the only reason for doing it was the money was ever worth it, except as bitter experience.

Fun is the most important. If you do stuff for money, it never works out.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

I never do anything for money; I get paid a lot of money as a by-product.

I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to, even if you, you know, are going to have to go without a cup of coffee or even a meal, that that should nourish you.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

There is only one secret. To love what you are doing.

One of the biggest lessons I've learned is that there has got to be a reason for what you're doing. You actually have to care about what you're doing. The business has to be about something. Whatever the point of it is does not have to be inconsistent with making money, but usually if that's the sole reason, it is not very successful.

It's getting harder to make decisions to just want to do something to work... I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.

I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

I don't look at things goin', 'Oh, is this gonna make me rich? Is this gonna make me a star? Am I gonna win awards?' If all that stuff happens, great. Who cares? I still have to wake up in the morning and go to work and be happy to do it.

I'm not looking for a paycheck.

I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.