Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom.
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It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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My goal is always, how do you get better?
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How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve, without even a thought about what happens to the animals whose lives are sacrificed in the name of gluttony?
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves." Another "I was raised to believe that excellence is the deterrent to racism and sexism. And that's how I operate my life." And another "It does not matter who you are or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.
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You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love.
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I have not missed a day in my life of praying. It's always about the same thing, using my life as a vehicle. Whatever I do, let it bring goodness to myself and to everybody that I come in contact with.
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[People] might have a different word for the yearning of the heart and the yearning of the spirit that is looking for what I call "God," it still is the same thing. It is the heart's yearning to know the origin of its mystery. It's a heart's yearning to know the power of the divine in each of our lives. It's a heart's yearning to be connected to that.
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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
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Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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What we all desire is the fullest, highest expression of ourselves.
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What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken; it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakable calm, confidence and a fierce grace.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.