Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

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

By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

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

One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.

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

I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.

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

Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.

You get to know who you really are in a crisis.

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.

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.

Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.

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

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.

Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.

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

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!

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.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.

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

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.

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

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. ~Maya Angelou Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time believe them. Not the 29th. time. When a man doesn't call you back the first time, when you are mistreated the first time, when someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will be followed many many other times, that will some point in life come back to haunt or hurt you. Live your life in truth. Don't pretend to be someone you're not. You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.

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

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

To love yourself is a never-ending journey.

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.

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.

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.

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

In the mist of Difficulty lies Opportunity.

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

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.

Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.

Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell

You aren't your past, you are probability of your future.

What I love most about reading: It gives you the ability to reach higher ground. And keep climbing.

If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.

There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life. If you’re holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you’re wasting your time. You must be fearless enough to give yourself the love you didn’t receive.

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

Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it. When there is no struggle, there is no strength.

Step Away from the Mean Girls… …and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. 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. This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the story line that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world.

The best of times is now.

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

Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you - always.

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

I have read more about Oprah Winfrey’s ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear this is no exaggeration. Perhaps China is rising as an economic superpower because its women aren’t spending all their time reading about Oprah Winfrey’s ass.

I don't believe in failure. It's not failure if you enjoy the process.

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream

I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.

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.

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.

You teach people how to treat you.

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

When people show you who they are ... believe them!

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

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

We are not Human Beings experiencing spiritual lives, we are spiritual beings experiencing human lives.

Life is about becoming more of who you really are....

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

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

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘Thank you,’ it will be enough.” —Meister Eckhart

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

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

Live your best life!

You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You are the only person alive who can see your big picture and even you can't see it all.

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.

The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer--just a sliver of my eventual life potential.

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.

It all boils down to one thing...it is your ‘relationship’ to the source, and that relationship to that which we call God, or don’t call God, or don’t even know...is God. It is ALL that really matters...when you surrender, and stop resisting, and stop trying to change that which you cannot change, but be in the moment, be fully open to the blessings you have already received, and those that are yet to come to you, and stand in that space of gratitude, and honor, and claim that for yourself, and look at where you are, and how far you have come, and what you’ve gotten, and what you’ve accomplished, and who you are. When you can claim ‘that’, and see that, the literal vibration of your life will change. The Vibration of Your Life Will Change.

Beginning when we are girls, most of us are taught to deflect praise. We apologize for our accomplishments. We try to level the field with our family and friends by downplaying our brilliance. We settle for the passenger’s seat when we long to drive. That’s why so many of us have been willing to hide our light as adults. Instead of being filled with all the passion and purpose that enable us to offer our best to the world, we empty ourselves in an effort to silence our critics. The truth is that the naysayers in your life can never be fully satisfied. Whether you hide or shine, they’ll always feel threatened because they don’t believe they are enough. So stop paying attention to them. Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are ignoring the owner’s manual your Creator gave you. What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. To be more splendid. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.