Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.
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My reaction is that free speech not only lives, it rocks!
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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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That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.
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When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
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You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.
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There were no ugly people in Ethiopia.
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I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.
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I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
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I grew up in the Baptist Church, and going to church with my father; I remember being 8 years old, trying to determine whether I was really ready to give up sin, and for days I agonized.
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I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.
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You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.
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I live inside God's dream for me. I don't try to tell God what I'm supposed to do. . . God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself.
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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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Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty.
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What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you. That's not just my theory or point of view, it's physics. Life is an energy of giving and receiving... Those that are greedy, hit a road block where they are alone. Give more than you receive and be grateful for those around you.
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There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he is African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.
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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
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Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.
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Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.
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I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.
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No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.
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Good luck - it's always ready to use in case.
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True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.