Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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If I had kids, my kids would hate me. They would have ended up on the equivalent of the Oprah show talking about me; because something [in my life] would have had to suffer and it would've probably been them.
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For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.
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There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he is African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.
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When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion.
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I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in the children's eyes is something you wish you could package and bring back to America.
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Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.
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Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I'm still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better.
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The whole barrier exists because most people never come together and sit down at a table ... join together, break bread together, and celebrate their differences and their likenesses.
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Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.
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Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life.
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When you do your best, people notice.
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I live inside God's dream for me. I don't try to tell God what I'm supposed to do. . . God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself.
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No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.
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You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you. Theologian Howard Thurman said it best. He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
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The ultimate comfort zone is within.
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Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
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If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.
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What you put out is already on its way back to you.
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What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.
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Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.
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We're all here to figure out how to best give ourselves away.
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I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger.
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Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right.
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I want people to be more open and tolerant. I want them to know that behind every stranger is a backstory that is the common denominator - for we all share in the human experience: pain, sadness, grief, lack of love, and then, with hope and help, step by step achievements.