Oprah Winfrey

Free speech not only lives. It rocks! ... In the end, all you have is your reputation.
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

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

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.
Oprah Winfrey

You cannot hate other people without hating your self.
Oprah Winfrey

When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.
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

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

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

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
Oprah Winfrey

Mr. Right's coming, but he's in Africa, and he's walking.
Oprah Winfrey

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
Oprah Winfrey

I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger.
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

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
Oprah Winfrey

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
Oprah Winfrey

I didn?t want to say ?No? because I didn?t want people to think I?m not nice. And that, to me, has been the greatest lesson of my life: to recognize that I am solely responsible for it, and not trying to please other people, and not living my life to please other people, but doing what my heart says all the time.
Oprah Winfrey

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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

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

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
Oprah Winfrey

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
Oprah Winfrey

When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving!
Oprah Winfrey

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Oprah Winfrey

Devote today to something so daring even you can?t believe you?re doing it.
Oprah Winfrey

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.
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

Every choice in life either moves you forward or keeps you stuck.
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

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.
Oprah Winfrey

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
Oprah Winfrey

I'm easy to look at, but so hard to see.
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

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Winfrey

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Oprah Winfrey

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
Oprah Winfrey

You are what you are by what you believe!
Oprah Winfrey

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Oprah Winfrey

I don't have a lot of "I can't" inside me.
Oprah Winfrey

I have incredible stamina-- the what-do-I-got-that-they-ain't-got kind of stamina.
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 always knew I was destined for greatness.
Oprah Winfrey

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
Oprah Winfrey

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Oprah Winfrey

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience.
Oprah Winfrey

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
Oprah Winfrey

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Oprah Winfrey

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.
Oprah Winfrey

The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.
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

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Oprah Winfrey

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Oprah Winfrey

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey

Not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
Oprah Winfrey

Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.
Oprah Winfrey

Following your heart's desire will lead you in the direction your spirit wants to go.
Oprah Winfrey

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.
Oprah Winfrey

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
Oprah Winfrey

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
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

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
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

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Oprah Winfrey

For every one 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

For every one 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

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

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, O Magazine

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, O Magazine

Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

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, O Magazine

I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

What I know for sure is that it's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow. That doesn't necessarily mean your process will necessarily lead you to wealth or fame. In fact, your dream may have nothing to do with tangible prosperity and everything to do with creating a life filled with joy, one with no regrets and a clear conscience. I've learned that wealth is a tool that gives you choices, but it can't compensate for a life not fully lived and it certainly can't create a sense of peace within you.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

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.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

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, O Magazine

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

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, Magazine

Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.
Oprah Winfrey, Magazine

Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.
Oprah Winfrey, Magazine

We are each responsible for our own life - no other person is or even can be.
Oprah Winfrey, Magazine