Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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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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The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.
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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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The ultimate comfort zone is within.
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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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Bravery shows up in everyday life when people have the courage to live their truth, their vision and their dreams.
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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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Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.
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I consider this world to be like a school and our lives to be the classrooms.
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Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.
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Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
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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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If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
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Wherever you are in life, look at your beliefs. They put you there.
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There's nothing worse than betraying yourself.
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I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger.
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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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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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I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally.
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Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.
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I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.
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Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.
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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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Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty.