Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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What I know for sure: Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.
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When your life is on course with it’s purpose, you are your most powerful.
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Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
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You were seen, you were heard and you matter.
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I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that all of us share is the stories of our lives, and everybody has a story. Your story is as important as the next person's story.
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Take five minutes to centre yourself in the morning...set your intention every day...if you don't have five minutes, you don't deserve to have the life of your dreams.
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You can find the sacred in the most ordinary of things.
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The reason I so rarely break promises to other people? It breaks trust. Without trust, there's no relationship.
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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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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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Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.
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There is no doing in the world without being first.
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Anything you can imagine, you can create.
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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together.
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You can't give it to others if you don't have it in yourself.
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The way through the challenge is to get still and ask yourself, 'What is the next right move? What is the next right move?' and then, from that space, make the next right move and the next right move.
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I still love church. My favorite church service is T.D. Jakes at the Potter's House. I don't think there is a better preacher in the country. His ability to interpret scripture is like no other.
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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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Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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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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I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.
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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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Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.
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If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle.