Top 895 Quotes & Sayings by Oprah Winfrey - Page 4

Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully

When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.

Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.

Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you.

Life is about becoming more of who you really are.

Anything you can imagine, you can create.

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

How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.

The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

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 is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.

Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.

Living your best life is your most important journey in life.

Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph.

This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they'll take me.

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

Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.

Thank you for that experience.

One percent doubt is zero percent faith.

The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

Have the courage to follow your passion - and if you don't know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.

Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.

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

Once you clarify your purpose for doing something, the way to do it becomes clear

To move forward you have to give back.

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

All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It's one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself.

You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self doubt.

I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy.

You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.

Don't live your life to please other people.

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.

Free speech not only lives, it rocks!

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.

One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious.

You have to be responsible for the energy you're putting out into the world.

No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.

We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.

I consider this world to be like a school and our lives to be the classrooms.

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

We have to steer our true life’s course. Whatever your calling is in life! The whole purpose of being here is to figure out what that is as soon as possible, so you go about the business of being on track, of not being owned by what your mother said, what society said, whatever people think a woman is supposed to be when you can exceed other people’s expectations and be defined by your own!

You are responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your Mama did. It doesn't matter what your Daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life.

lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.

I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life's bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right.

You are the single biggest influence in your life.

What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.

When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.

I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!

Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay.

Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.

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.

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

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did.

Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning - one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be.

You are what you are by what you BELIEVE!