Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.

I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for

I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Whatever you fear most has no power—it is your fear that has the power

I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.

Devote today to something so daring even you can't believe you're doing it.

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.

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.

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings.

Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together.

We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be.

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.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

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.

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

You cannot hate other people without hating your self.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.

All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.

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.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.