Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. It shouldn't change you. If you're a jerk, you just get to be a bigger jerk. What fame does is magnify who you are and puts that on a platter for the whole world to see.
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The true meaning of courage is to be afraid, and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even when that step makes sense to nobody but you. I know that’s not easy. But making a bold move is the only way to truly advance toward the grandest vision the universe has for you.
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I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
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It is very true, that the way you think creates reality for yourself.
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Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that.
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Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?
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Everything that has ever happened to you has happened for you. Not one thing that has happened is wasted... You were building strength and strength x strength = POWER.
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In America, people are so busy. Even the children are busy. I get the impression very few of us are touching the miracle that you are alive.
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The divine is in all things.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do because a lot of times you feel like you are pressed against the wall, and you've got to make a decision. You never have to do anything. Don't know what to do? Do nothing.
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When you make loving others the story of your life, there's never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another.
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What you want to do is to get to the point where you only do what matters to you. The real goal in life is to become more of who you are, so that you can make the choices that really satisfy who you are and what you want to do.
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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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What I know for sure is that behind every catastrophe, there are great lessons to be learned. Among the many that we as a country need to get is that as long as we play the "us and them" game, we don't evolve as people, as a nation, as a planet.
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[People] might have a different word for the yearning of the heart and the yearning of the spirit that is looking for what I call "God," it still is the same thing. It is the heart's yearning to know the origin of its mystery. It's a heart's yearning to know the power of the divine in each of our lives. It's a heart's yearning to be connected to that.
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Remember, you are co-creating your life with the energy of your own intentions.
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These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away!
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Everybody looks at their poop.
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Life is full of many unpredictable changes... Let go of chaos yesterday; cheerfully live for today, and look forward to tomorrow with greater possibilities... It's our imperfections that make us perfect in our own unique ways.
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Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.
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Walk through life eager and open to self-improvement and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here - to evolve as human beings.
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Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell.
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The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.