Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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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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If something feels right, I do it. If it feels wrong, I don't. It's really very, very simple, but you've got to be willing to take your chances doing stuff that may look crazy to other people - or not doing something that looks right to others but just feels wrong to you.
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I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger.
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Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.
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You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.
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Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
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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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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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I always feel that until you take your last breath, you're always growing.
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I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.
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There's nothing worse than betraying yourself.
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There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.
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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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You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience.
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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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And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead.
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When women put their heads together, powerful things can happen!
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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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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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Over the years, I've interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that the root of every dysfunction I've ever encountered, every problem, has been some sense of a lacking of self-value or of self-worth.
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There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.
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We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough... You're worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being here, your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.
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You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
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Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.