Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.
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There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.
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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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The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.
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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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I think that the idea of reaching young girls that are in college is something that we are strongly open to because who better wants to know how to live a more purposeful life than people who are starting out?
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You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
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All trials force the question, Who are you really? And you must trust yourself to answer.
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I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.
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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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Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable.
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I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.
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Move with the flow. Don't fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don't try to carry it.
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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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What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you.
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Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning.
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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 look at problems as opportunities and use every person, every incident, and every encounter as an opportunity to show a more loving part of myself.
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Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself.
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You want to make decisions that are meaningful to you, and that are going to continue to enhance you being who you really are and what your message to the world is, and everybody has one. The real important thing is to know what that message is and how you want to carry that forward.
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You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
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When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.
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I never had children, never even thought I would have children. Now I have 152 daughters; expecting 75 more next year. That is some type of gestation period.
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The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.