Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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What's wrong with the world and what can we do to change it?
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I believe your personality is formed at a very early age. Fame can magnify that personality, for good or bad, but it can't change it. So when people say to me, 'Don't change,' I'm thinking, To what? To who? Who else would I be?
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When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.
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That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.
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I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.
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When you wake up in the morning looking for the light, the light will come.
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There were lots of little boys having their bar mitzvahs all over the world, and they sent me tapes of some of them that they interviewed, probably six or seven little boys, and there was something about Mendel. I just loved his little face. I loved the energy of Mendel.
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Dont back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.
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Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell.
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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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Always listen to your inner voice.
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The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.
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If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.
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If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces.
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I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist. Many people are so closed to miracles that even when one is boldly staring them in the face, they label it coincidence or serendipity. I call it like I see it.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
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Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for.
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You gotta be willing to fail...if you're afraid of failing, you won't get very far.
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You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.
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I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'm gonna fly.
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I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.
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Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.
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Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.
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Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.