Oprah Winfrey Quotes

There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.

Oprah Winfrey

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• There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Thinking
  • Happy
  • Alone