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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It felt like a new day.
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Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.
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Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.
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My name is Oprah Winfrey. I have a talk show. I'm single. I have eight dogs-five golden retrievers, two black labs, and a mongrel. I have four years of college.
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If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.
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Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie.
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If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle.
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I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.
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I decided to be the best and the smartest.
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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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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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A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. A mentor is someone who allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when sometimes it becomes hidden to your own view.
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When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.
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My theory is that when you're famous, you're no different from anybody else - it's just that more people know your name.
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Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.
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I have incredible stamina- the what-do-I-got-that-they-ain't-got kind of stamina.
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There is no doing in the world without being first.
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A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.
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Anything you can imagine, you can create.
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I don't yell at people, I don't mistreat people. I don't talk down to people, so no one else in this building, in this vicinity, has the right to do it.
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You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.
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I know who I am, and the thing about power for me is that it's connected to a source that's obviously greater than myself. Any time you can connect to the source and understand that that's where all of your energy, your creativity, your joy and your triumph come from, I consider that to be authentic power.
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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.