Top 895 Quotes & Sayings by Oprah Winfrey

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Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Oprah Gail Winfrey, often known simply as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century, was once the world's only black billionaire, and the greatest black philanthropist in U.S. history. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.

American - Entertainer | Born: January 29, 1954

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

Oprah Winfrey

You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.

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You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.

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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

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

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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

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Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that.

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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

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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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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

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Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.

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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

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I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

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

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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

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The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

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Turn your wounds into wisdom.

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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

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No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.

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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.

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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

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

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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.

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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

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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.

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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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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.

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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

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Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.

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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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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

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Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

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The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be, but it's a story about who you want to be.

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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.

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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

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I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

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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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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

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

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

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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

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

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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

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

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

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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.

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I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.

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With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

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Every day, you're only as good as your last show.

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I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

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If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.

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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.

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Top 895 Quotes & Sayings by Oprah Winfrey

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