Oprah Winfrey Quotes
When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.
Quotes to Explore
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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo. But you want someone who'll help you catch the bus.
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I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
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Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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You make me proud to spell my name woman... you make me proud to be your friend.
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Other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.
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The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get.
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I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
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Don't put a ceiling on yourself.
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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!
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You are the single biggest influence in your life.
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You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything that you carried forward for yourself.
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Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy once they have them.
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Learn to let your intuition-gut instinct-tell you when the food, the relationship, the job isn't good for you (and conversely, when what you're doing is just right).
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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.
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I was in the gym working on my triceps, and I was thinking, just as I did the 50-pound pulldown, I am going to be in better shape by the end of the year [2016] than I've ever been in my life. I really just smiled at the notion: Wow, what a thing.
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I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
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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.
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Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.