Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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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 think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
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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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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.
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Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience.
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Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.
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I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
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The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?
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Have the boldness to tell yourself the truth - every bit of it.
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I always feel that until you take your last breath, you're always growing.
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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.
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Find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.
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When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.
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I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.
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No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.
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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 never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.
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We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.
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Living your best life is to find out what your calling is. Your real job on Earth is to find out what you were meant to be doing & to find a way to do that thing.
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My reaction is that free speech not only lives, it rocks!
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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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What you put out is already on its way back to you.
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Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.
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What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.