Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.
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I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
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Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.
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If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
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Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself.
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What you put out is already on its way back to you.
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Good luck - it's always ready to use in case.
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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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Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.
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There were no ugly people in Ethiopia.
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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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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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Find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.
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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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We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.
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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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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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One percent doubt is zero percent faith.
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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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I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.
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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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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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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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Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.