Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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One of my purposes is to use the television show as a voice to not only entertain people, as I did in the beginning, but as a source of information, as a source of enlightenment, wherever we can, and also as a source of lifting people up wherever you can.
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I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.
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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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I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy.
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You become what you believe.
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Life whispers to you all the time...from the time you wake up in the morning and with every single experience.
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Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you.
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If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it.
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If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
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I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.
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I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book falls within and also the authenticity of the work.
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The very first time I had Whitney Houston on my show, however many years ago, I thought, "You are 'the voice.'" You are the voice, that was my name for you.
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I don't have a lot of "I can't" inside me.
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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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Ordinary people can bring about change.
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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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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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God can dream a bigger dream for you then you could ever dream for yourself.
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There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.
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You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.
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People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.
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You need to dream a bigger dream for yourself. That is the lesson. Hold the highest vision possible for your life and it can come true.
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I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.
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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.