Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
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One of the biggest mistakes humans make is to believe there is only one way. There are many diverse paths leading to what you call God.
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Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.
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Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.
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Find a way to get paid for doing what you love. Then every paycheck will be a bonus.
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I don't believe in luck. Luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.
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Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for your life. What is your life? What is all life? What is every flower, every rock, every tree? Energy. And you're responsible for the energy you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.
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All life is energy and we are transmitting it at every moment. We are all little beaming little signals like radio frequencies, and the world is responding in kind.
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Time isn't the enemy. Fear of change is. Accept that nothing lasts forever and you'll start to appreciate the advantages of whatever age you are now.
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When you're passionate about your work, it feels like you would do it even if no one were paying you.
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You get to know who you really are in a crisis.
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Taking care of your body, no matter what your age, is an investment.
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Happiness is there for the taking - and the making.
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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 are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, "You can't." Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.
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I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
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Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.
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What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction.
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A friend of mine says that perfection is a road, not a destination.
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Interviewing people, I don't miss that at all. I do miss kibitzing with the audience because after every show I would spend half an hour to 40 minutes talking to people.
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Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.
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You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self doubt.
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An nice lady in the back...asked what I thought about how we begin to move forward. I think it is up to each individual, which then moves to your family, which moves to your community. Each person, in their own life, let your life be a light for peace, for justice, for all that is good. Just let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
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You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.