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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Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.
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Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.
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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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The greatest contribution you can make to women's rights, is to be the absolute ... best at what you do.
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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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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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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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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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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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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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I wasn't the cutest or the most talented, but I could get through the question-and-answer period.
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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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I used to have a fake Louis Vuitton bag because I thought it meant something in life. But now I realize that all the things in the world don't define you. It's what you stand for, what you're willing to do, how close to the truth you're willing to be in your life.
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Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.
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I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
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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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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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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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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
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Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction.
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I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.