Oprah Winfrey
American media executive, talk show host and philanthropist, born 1954
69 quotes.
Quotes by Oprah Winfrey
- [Attributed to a friend's Buddhist teacher] Be yourself–but be all of you.
- 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.
- Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.
- [Contradicting an assertion from Angela Davis] Small steps lead to big accomplishments.
- Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe
- 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.
- Do not think you can be brave with your life and your work and never disappoint anyone. It doesn’t work that way.
- 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. This is your moment. Own it.
- Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.
- Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
- Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.
- 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 by maintaining focus.
- Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself.
- Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.
- Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.
- Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you.
- 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.
- Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
- Helping others is the way we help ourselves.
- How you spend your time defines who you are.
- I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
- I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
- I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
- 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.
- If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
- If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.
- If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.
- In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself.
- Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.
- Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.
- Life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward, you have to give back.
- 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.
- My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
- No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.
- Nobody's journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It's just life's way of saying, "Time to change course.
- Nourish what makes you feel confident, connected, contented. Opportunity will rise to meet you.
- Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.
- Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
- Small steps lead to big accomplishments.
- Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.