Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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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.
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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.
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Your life is big. Keep reaching.
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Don't put a ceiling on yourself.
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I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don't know it.
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You are the single biggest influence in your life.
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Follow your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Most people don't believe it, but it's true.
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The choices we've made throughout our lives affect whatever happens to us in any given moment.
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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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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 learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my 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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We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.
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The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
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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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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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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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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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If you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart - the people who truly love you want you to love yourself.
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Whatever our dreams, ideas, or projects, we plant a seed, nurture it -- and then reap the fruits of our labors.
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You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.