Oprah Winfrey Quotes

When I look at the future it's so bright it burns my eyes.
Oprah Winfrey
When I look to the future it's so bright it burns my eyes.
Oprah Winfrey
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
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God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself and your role on Earth is to attach yourself to that divine force and let yourself be released to it.
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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.
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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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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
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When I look at the future it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
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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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Lots of people want 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.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Keep a grateful journal. Every night list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life.
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You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another step-pingstone to greatness.
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One of the greatest gifts you can give isyour undivided attention.
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Improving your life doesn’t have to be about changing everything – it’s about making changes that count.
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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.
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I have a special pair of poop shoes under my desk. Whenever I need to drop a deuce, I slip them on and scurry to the restroom, and no one ever knows it's me. Like, if I'm wearing Louboutins that day, and my producer sees Earth shoes in the stall....well, you get the idea. It was truly a lightbulb moment when that came to me.
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Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
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Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
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Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.
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I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.
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As long as other people's opinions matter more than your own, you're owned by them. You're not even free.
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There is a sacred calling on your life, and the question is: Will you spend your life flittering and fluttering about or take the time and really heed that call and create your own path to your highest good?...You cannot let other people define your life for you. You are the author of your own life...Real power is when you are doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing, the best it can be done. Authentic power. There's a surge, there's a kind of energy field that says, "I'm in my groove, I'm in my groove." And nobody has to tell you, "You go, girl," because you know you're already gone.
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I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
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When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!
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When the universe compels me toward the best path to take, it never leaves me with "maybe," "should I," or even "perhaps." I always know for sure when it's telling me to proceed - because everything inside me rises up to reverberate "YES!
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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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Say "Thank You" because your faith is so strong that you don't doubt that what ever the problem, you'll get through it. You're saying thank-you because you know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds.
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Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration moving you from negative energy to positive
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The enjoyment comes from knowing the receiver understands the spirit of the gift.
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Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.
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Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.
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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.
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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
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I would like to thank the people who've brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.
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I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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What I find powerful is a person withthe confidence to be her own self.
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Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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When I didn't have friends, I had books.
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True forgiveness is when you can say, 'Thank you for that experience.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
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True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
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You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.
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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.
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We should no longer allow a mother to be defined as "just a mom". It is on her back that great nations are built. We should no longer allow any woman's voice to be drowned out or disregarded. As we affirm other women, and as we teach our sons, husbands and friends to hold them in the highest regard, we honor both the mothers whose shoulders we've stood on and the daughters who will one day stand tall on ours.
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Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.
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Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.
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The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.
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I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
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You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.
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