Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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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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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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There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.
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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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Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.
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And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead.
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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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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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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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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
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All you need to do is know who you are.
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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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We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough... You're worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being here, your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.
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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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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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Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.
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You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.
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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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Remember, you are co-creating your life with the energy of your own intentions.
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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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Living your best life is to find out what your calling is. Your real job on Earth is to find out what you were meant to be doing & to find a way to do that thing.
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I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
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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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Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience.