Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less, but to blossom into more. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.
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Great communication begins with connection.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.
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If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course.
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Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.
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You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.
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Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.
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When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.
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I want people to be more open and tolerant. I want them to know that behind every stranger is a backstory that is the common denominator - for we all share in the human experience: pain, sadness, grief, lack of love, and then, with hope and help, step by step achievements.
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Every day, you're only as good as your last show.
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
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You alone are enough.
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Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
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Can I just tell you the truth? I get asked to do a lot of stuff. And all of the years that people have asked me to do things for the film festival, I couldn't. And so this year, I thought, "Oh, my god, I don't have a day job. If somebody ask me to do something, I'm going to do it."
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I live in a space of thankfulness- And I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for the small things, and more thankful I become, the more my bounty increased, that's because what you focus on expands and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.
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Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.
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You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.
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You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.
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The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.
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When you're the most successful person in your family, in your neighborhood, and in your town, everybody thinks you're the First National Bank, and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.
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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
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Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.
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Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.