Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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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'm not one of those people who is trying to act like I don't sleep. I used to be like, "Oh, I only need four hours." Now I need exactly 5 1/2 to 6 in order to feel like I've done well.
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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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Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.
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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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I firmly believe that none of us in this world have made it until the least among us have made it.
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You were seen, you were heard and you matter.
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Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay.
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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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When your life is on course with it’s purpose, you are your most powerful.
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Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour.
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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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Be loving to yourself and others will see that love reciprocated. This rule works every time.
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You aren't your past, you are probability of your future.
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If you don't give something back when you get, you don't keep.
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If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle.
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Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.
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The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance.
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There are no mistakes in life!
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So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the principle of surrender. The principle of surrender is that, after you have done all that you can do, and you've done your best and given it your all, you then have to release it to whatever you call God, or don't call God.
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I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
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Making other people happy is what brings me happiness. I have a blessed life, and I have always shared my life's gifts with others. I will continue to use my voice and my life as a catalyst for encouraging people to help make a difference in the lives of others.
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Thank you for that experience.