Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.
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Don't worry about being successful. Worry about being significant.
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I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar.
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You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or you can create a vision, look upward, see the next mountain, and start the climb all over again.
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The next road is always ahead.
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It's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.
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Following your heart's desire will lead you in the direction your spirit wants to go.
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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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I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
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I set out to really build this universe of interfaith connectedness, where people could see that other people in different parts of the world are very much like them.
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I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.
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Failure is just a way for our lives to show us we're moving in the wrong direction, that we should try something different.
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When you learn to say thank you, you see the world anew.
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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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After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life.
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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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If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.
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Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?
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With every failure, every crisis, every difficult time, I say - What is this here to teach me? And as soon as you get the lesson, you get to move on. If you really get the lesson, you pass and you don't have to repeat the class.
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Do not waste your time with people who have shown you they really mean no good for you.
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I can't deny that Jerry Springer supposedly beating us didn't affect me. There was a point where I felt like, Golly, you work so hard, you try so hard and the people say they want meaningful television and then Jerry Springer ends up beating you. It was disturbing.
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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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It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did.
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Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power.