Oprah Winfrey's quote

Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was for a time the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.

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If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.
Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.
Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.
Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.
If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.
One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.
If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.
Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience."
You get to know who you really are in a crisis.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.
Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.
You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.
You aren't your past, you are probability of your future.
Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
In the mist of Difficulty lies Opportunity.
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around. The Uncommon Wisdom Of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.
Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.
Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!
You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.
To love yourself is a never-ending journey.
I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.
If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.
It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.
The best of times is now.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment
Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.
Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power
What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.
My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish. The Uncommon Wisdom Of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words
We are not Human Beings experiencing spiritual lives, we are spiritual beings experiencing human lives.
I don't believe in failure. It's not failure if you enjoy the process.
You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
Life is about becoming more of who you really are....
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.
You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You are the only person alive who can see your big picture and even you can't see it all.
I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.
I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.
I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons.
I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.
You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it. The Best of Oprah's What I Know For Sure
I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.
I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.
So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you - always.
Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it. When there is no struggle, there is no strength.
I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.
The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.
The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
When you know better...You do better.
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
The essential question is not, "How busy are you?' but 'What are you busy at?' 'Are you doing what fulfills you?
The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.
Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that — that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else.
Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.
What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction