Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.
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I would say, we can't allow ourselves to be frightened into not living our lives, and I think that we have to keep going and we have to keep going with the faith that thing will get better … And things will get better when we make them better.
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The greatest contribution you can make to women's rights, is to be the absolute ... best at what you do.
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There are so many people who've come before me who deserved to be tired. Who didn't have the opportunities, who didn't have the access, who didn't have the money, who didn't have the influence, who didn't have the voice.
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What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
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I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.
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I interviewed - no - had lunch with Harper Lee several years ago, trying to convince Harper Lee to do "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the book club. She wouldn't do it. She said, "Honey, I said everything I wanted to say."
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No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.
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Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
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To me, the money is – it's certainly a wonderful thing. But it is in direct proportion to how you're able to bless yourself and bless others with it.
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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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If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
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Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
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I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.
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If it never rained, nothing would grow.
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The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.
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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.