Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here.
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We're all looking for the highest, fullest expression of ourselves as a human being.
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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 thought, If I'm gonna run a jazz club, if I've got Miles Davis' posters in my bar, I should at least know what his horn sounds like.
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I've talked to nearly 30,000, people on this show, and all 30,000, had one thing in common: They all wanted validation...I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire.
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To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back.
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You have a gift that only you can give the world - that's the whole reason you're on the planet. Use your precious energy to build a magnificent life that really is attainable. The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.
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You become excellent, and when you become excellent, no-one can take that away from you.
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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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The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.
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I will continue to use my voice. I believed from the beginning that the lawsuit was an attempt to muzzle my voice, and I come from a people who have struggled and died in order to have a voice in this country. And I refused to be muzzled.
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You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.
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I can't define "God," so to be open to the mystical and mystery of God is a natural part of myself. So people criticize me for not being what they are, and I say, it's working for me and has worked for me and continues to work for me, in a way that fills me with a sense of peace and contentment about what God means to me.
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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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It doesn't take a lot to make me happy. I take pleasure from everything I do.
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I was like you are. I thought Jesus came and died on the cross. Jesus' being here was about his death and dying on the cross but it really was about him coming to show us how to do it. To show us the Christ-consciousness that he had and that conciousness abides in all of us. That's what I got. That's what I got.
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People just want to know that they matter.
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I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.
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Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me.
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‎Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.
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For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.
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I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.
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I've been stopped cold from eating another burger!
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It's great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn't great is lying to you.