Top 895 Quotes & Sayings by Oprah Winfrey - Page 14

Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.

Failures can be God's little whispers (or) a full earthquake in our lives because we didn't listen to the whispers

For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.

When I didn't have friends, I had books.

The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.

What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves.

It is very true, that the way you think creates reality for yourself.

I couldn't kill myself. I would be afraid the minute I did it; something really good would happen and I'd miss it.

Your gut is your inner compass.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo.

The reason I gained so much weight in the first place and the reason I had such a sorry history of abusive relationships with men was I just needed approval so much. I needed everyone to like me, because I didn't like myself much.

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.

If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle.

You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love.

All you need to do is know who you are.

I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist. Many people are so closed to miracles that even when one is boldly staring them in the face, they label it coincidence or serendipity. I call it like I see it.

I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.

I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally

Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I'm still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better

Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.

Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.

Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To do less than your best is a sin. Every single one of us has the power for greatness, because greatness is determined by service-to yourself and to others.

This is your moment. Own it.

The ultimate comfort zone is within.

My business skills have come from being guided by my inner self - my intuition.

Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right.

I've always believed free will is a birthright. God even allows us to choose whether to be led by the divine order

You gotta be willing to fail...if you're afraid of failing, you won't get very far.

I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

I did not believe what I was told about being poor and black and female in Mississippi in 1954.

Joy is one part inner peace, one part giddy delight and 100% attainable.

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be. I believe you can only do this when you stop long enough to hear the whisper you might have drowned out, that small voice compelling you toward the kind of work you'd be willing to do even if you weren't paid. Once you tune out the noise of your life and hear that call, you face the biggest challenge of all: to find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.

There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.

I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...

The best work we can all do is create the highest vision possible for our lives and be led by that vision to the greatest good.

Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day.

Failure is just a way for our lives to show us we're moving in the wrong direction, that we should try something different

I truly believe that a woman can have anything she wants - if she's willing to do the hard work it takes to get it.

You only have power in your energy field ... so the only way to live the life you want is in your energy field ... and your greatest power is love.

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it

Dream big - dream very big. Work hard - work very hard. And after you've done all you can, you stand, wait and fully surrender.

When you focus on what you have, your ABUNDANCE increases. I started with my breath. Noticing being alive is a good start!

I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call it sensational, but I say life is sensational.

It is your life and it is worth risking everything to make it yours.

To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.

There is the voice that everybody hears... saying to you, "You should do this, you should be this, you ought to, you got to." And then there is the still small voice - for some people not so small - inside every human being that calls you to something that is greater than yourself.

When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.

You really can change. Your reality is based on the way you think.

The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know is that what other people do doesn't really have any effect on me.

What you do today creates every tomorrow.

Instead of looking for the success in your life, look for the thing that is going to bring you the greatest joy.

This is the body you've been given - love what you've got.

I've often called mothers the greatest spiritual teachers in the world.

Whatever your calling or purpose is, it's your job to feel it. No gift that you have been given was made for yourself.

Honour the difficult.

Transforma as tuas feridas em sabedoria!

Making a Different Choice Gives You the Opportunity to Live a Different Life.

I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it

The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?