Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.
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The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.
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If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it.
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I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay.
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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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We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be.
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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 can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could open doors and walk through.
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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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Ordinary people can bring about change.
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The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you. You can never be happy living someone else's dream. Live your own. And you will for sure know the meaning of happiness.
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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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The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.
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The next road is always ahead.
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If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.
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Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.
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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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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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To move forward you have to give back.
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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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How you spend your time defines who you are.
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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 life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?
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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.