Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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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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I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.
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The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway.
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If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle.
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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 try to live in the moment and let that moment carry me to the next great place.
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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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Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.
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Free speech not only lives, it rocks!
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I'm one of those people who lives for the moment. If you concern yourself with what's going to happen a year from now, or five years from now, you defuse the moment. Whatever comes, comes. For this time I enjoy the ascent. I don't worry about anything except getting thinner thighs.
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The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?"
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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 stories that you tell yourself can make or break you - no matter who you are.
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I've talked to nearly 30,000, people on this show, and all 30,000, had one thing in common: They all wanted validation...I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire.
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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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Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you.
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Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.
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Nothing happens until you decide.
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Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay.
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I made the decision I will own my own show. So never again will I ever be told what I can and can not do.
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Being still at least once a day will enhance your life.
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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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Joy is one part inner peace, one part giddy delight and 100% attainable.
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When you learn to say thank you, you see the world anew.