Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.
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You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.
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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
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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.
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Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.
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You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.
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You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.
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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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Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.
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I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
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What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater than myself.
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I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.
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Find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.
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One percent doubt is zero percent faith.
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You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
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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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We are held accountable for every intention, which is why you are sitting where you are right now.
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Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience.
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You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.
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The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?
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Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.
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If it's not hard, you're not dreaming big enough!
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Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.