Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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Failure is life at it's most poignant and it's only there to push you in the right direction.
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How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.
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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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I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.
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The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. .... There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment and a choice.
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Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning - one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be.
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You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.
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I felt that it was deeply moving and profound, and of course everybody was like, "Oh, the president [Barack Obama] can sing!" Maybe a little off key! I actually think that the sermon reinforced the very nature of the grace that the victims' families had shown to the world.
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Live life and take chances. Believe that everything happens for a reason and don't regret. Love to the fullest and you will find true happiness in life. Realize that things go wrong and people change, but things do go on. Sometimes things weren't meant to be. What is supposed to happen will work its way out.
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I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.
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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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Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.
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We're all looking for the highest, fullest expression of ourselves as a human being.
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I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.
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No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.
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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 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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My response is that I love the church.
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All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It's one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself.
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No matter who you are, no matter what your culture is, it is absolutely possible to look out and extend yourself in such a way, that you can connect to other people and find that we are more alike than we are different.
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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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In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.
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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 can't give it to others if you don't have it in yourself.