Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.
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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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The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.
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Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.
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I don't want to have to get the lesson of losing [things like health and moving about freely] to appreciate what it was.
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I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?
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I don't have a lot of "I can't" inside me.
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God can dream a bigger dream for you then you could ever dream for yourself.
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If you are still breathing, you have a second chance.
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.
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If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.
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You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.
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Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.
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I don't believe in luck. Luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.
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I tried documentaries.It wasn't the time for me. I was going to try to do the same thing, I did make a valiant attempt but it did not work - to do the same thing with documentaries that we had done with the book club [in 2011]. The zeitgeist wasn't ready. It just wasn't ready.
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Everybody matters. Everyone just wants to be heard.
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Happiness is there for the taking - and the making.
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The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.
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I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
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If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace.
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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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I've always believed free will is a birthright. God even allows us to choose whether to be led by the divine order.
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I believe that you tend to create your own blessings. You have to prepare yourself so that when opportunity comes, you're ready.