Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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I didn't want to say "No" because I didn't want people to think I'm not nice. And that, to me, has been the greatest lesson of my life: to recognize that I am solely responsible for it, and not trying to please other people, and not living my life to please other people, but doing what my heart says all the time.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.
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Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying.
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How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve, without even a thought about what happens to the animals whose lives are sacrificed in the name of gluttony?
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Everything in your world is created by what you think.
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To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.
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You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love.
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We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.
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The choices we've made throughout our lives affect whatever happens to us in any given moment.
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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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My goal is always, how do you get better?
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
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I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don't know it.
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Waking up early on Saturday gives me an edge in finishing my work with a very relaxed state of mind. There is a feeling of time pressure on weekdays that aren’t there on weekends. If I wake up early in the morning before anybody else, I can plan the day or at least my activities with relaxed mind.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.