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Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

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.
– Oprah Winfrey
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
– Oprah Winfrey
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
– Oprah Winfrey
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
– Oprah Winfrey
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
– Oprah Winfrey
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. The light doesn't always necessarily have to be in your family; for me it was teachers and school.
– Oprah Winfrey
I always knew I was destined for greatness.
– Oprah Winfrey
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.
– Oprah Winfrey
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
– Oprah Winfrey
I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
– Oprah Winfrey
I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
– Oprah Winfrey
I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
– Oprah Winfrey
I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.
– Oprah Winfrey
I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
– Oprah Winfrey
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
– Oprah Winfrey
It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.
– Oprah Winfrey
It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
– Oprah Winfrey
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.
– Oprah Winfrey
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
– Oprah Winfrey
My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
– Oprah Winfrey
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
– Oprah Winfrey
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
– Oprah Winfrey
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
– Oprah Winfrey
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
– Oprah Winfrey
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
– Oprah Winfrey
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
– Oprah Winfrey
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
– Oprah Winfrey
We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore.
– Oprah Winfrey
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
– Oprah Winfrey
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
– Oprah Winfrey
When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
– Oprah Winfrey
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
– Oprah Winfrey
You are what you are by what you believe!
– Oprah Winfrey
You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
– Oprah Winfrey
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
– Oprah Winfrey
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.
– Oprah Winfrey
Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.
– Oprah Winfrey
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
– Oprah Winfrey
Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.
– Oprah Winfrey
I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.
– Oprah Winfrey
I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
– Oprah Winfrey
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
– Oprah Winfrey
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it.
– Oprah Winfrey
If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
– Oprah Winfrey
In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.
– Oprah Winfrey
Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.
– Oprah Winfrey
Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.
– Oprah Winfrey
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
– Oprah Winfrey
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
– Oprah Winfrey
Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.
– Oprah Winfrey
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity.
– Oprah Winfrey
We are each responsible for our own life - no other person is or even can be.
– Oprah Winfrey
What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
– Oprah Winfrey
What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.
– Oprah Winfrey
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
– Oprah Winfrey
I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.
– Oprah Winfrey
If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.
– Oprah Winfrey
Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.
– Oprah Winfrey
Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
– Oprah Winfrey
Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself.
– Oprah Winfrey
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
– Oprah Winfrey
Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.
– Oprah Winfrey
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
– Oprah Winfrey
Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.
– Oprah Winfrey
You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.
– Oprah Winfrey
The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.
– Oprah Winfrey
There's no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!
– Oprah Winfrey
Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.
– Oprah Winfrey
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.
– Oprah Winfrey
I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.
– Oprah Winfrey
I believe that [everyone] is the keeper of a dream - and by tuning into one another's secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.
– Oprah Winfrey
Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.
– Oprah Winfrey
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.
– Oprah Winfrey
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
– Oprah Winfrey
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.
– Oprah Winfrey
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.
– Oprah Winfrey
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. This is your moment. Own it.
– Oprah Winfrey
I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
– Oprah Winfrey
All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.
– Oprah Winfrey
You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.
– Oprah Winfrey
It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn - which is what life is all about.
– Oprah Winfrey
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
– Oprah Winfrey
What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
– Oprah Winfrey
The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
– Oprah Winfrey
The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
– Oprah Winfrey
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
– Oprah Winfrey
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
– Oprah Winfrey
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
– Oprah Winfrey
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
– Oprah Winfrey
I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
– Oprah Winfrey
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
– Oprah Winfrey