Oprah Winfrey famous quotes

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Happiness #Moving On #Letting Go

I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Daughter #Growing Up #School

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

#Inspirational #Positive #Happiness

Is it shocking that it's very difficult for a news organization to do news in America now? It's not shocking because we're a culture that doesn't want news. We want entertainment. We want info-tainment. That's why CNN is having problems.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Organization #America #Cnn

Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Gratitude #Life Changing #Appreciate

One of my purposes is to use the television show as a voice to not only entertain people, as I did in the beginning, but as a source of information, as a source of enlightenment, wherever we can, and also as a source of lifting people up wherever you can.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Voice #People #Enlightenment

There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Feelings #Contentment #Paychecks

The very first time I had Whitney Houston on my show, however many years ago, I thought, "You are 'the voice.'" You are the voice, that was my name for you.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Years #Names #Voice

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Life #Positive

I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Believe #Destiny #Tools

Learn from every mistake, because every experience, particularly your mistakes, are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Mistake #Force #Teach

Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspire #Humanity #Overcoming

You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Writing #Positivity #People

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Responsibility #Black #Firsts

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Positive #Looks #Enough

I try to live in the moment and let that moment carry me to the next great place.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Live In The Moment #Trying #Next

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Inspiring #Money

Anybody who has ever done anything knows that, when you believe, it doesn't matter what other people think. You just have to keep finding a way to align your vision with other people who will receive and accept your vision. And when the time is right, if it is for you, it will show itself, if you believe.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Believe #Thinking #People

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

#Inspirational #Positive #Confidence

Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Art #Speak #Define You

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Light #World

You want to make decisions that are meaningful to you, and that are going to continue to enhance you being who you really are and what your message to the world is, and everybody has one. The real important thing is to know what that message is and how you want to carry that forward.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Meaningful #Real #Decision

I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Mothers Day #Spiritual #Teacher

You get from the world what you give to the world.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Love #Life #Giving

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Love #Inspirational #Life

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Life #Happiness

I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Outcomes #Causes #Living My Life

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Friendship #Self #People

So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the principle of surrender. The principle of surrender is that, after you have done all that you can do, and you've done your best and given it your all, you then have to release it to whatever you call God, or don't call God.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Letting Go #Color #Purple

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Waiting #Helping

One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Charity #Philanthropy #Where You Are

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Heart #People #Joy

I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Thinking #Awards #Honestly

Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Stories

I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that all of us share is the stories of our lives, and everybody has a story. Your story is as important as the next person's story.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Art #Believe #People

No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Hope #Journey #Matter

Can I just tell you the truth? I get asked to do a lot of stuff. And all of the years that people have asked me to do things for the film festival, I couldn't. And so this year, I thought, "Oh, my god, I don't have a day job. If somebody ask me to do something, I'm going to do it."
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Jobs #Years #People

True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Forgiveness #Gratitude #Gratefulness

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Success #Spiritual

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

#Confused #People #Who You Know

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

#Focus #Goodness

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

#Motivational #Running #Fitness

Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Being Yourself #Love You #Self Love

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

#New Year #Cheer #New Beginnings

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Excellence #Unforgettable #Excellent

Thank you for that experience.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational

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

#Inspirational #Life #Motivational

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Fun #Regret

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Life #Motivational #Inspiring

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Strength #Dream #Being Yourself

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

#Motivational #Journey #Choices

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Believe #Positive Thinking

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Money #Grateful #Blessing

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Positive #Thank You #Thankful

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Philosophy #Adversity

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Motivational #Girl

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

#Inspirational #Positive #Uplifting

Your life is big. Keep reaching.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Life Is #Bigs #Reaching

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

#Inspirational #Life #Motivational

The next road is always ahead.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Next

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Education #Book #Reading

I've always known that life is better when you share it. I now realize it gets even sweeter when you expand the circle.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Circles #Realizing #Life Is

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Life #Inspiring #Success

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Life #Positive

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

#Inspirational #Positive #Happiness

Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Fear #Power #Fearless

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Life #Friendship

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Motivational #Change

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Success #Want #What You Want

You get to know who you really are in a crisis.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Crisis

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Happiness #Success #Dream

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

#Inspirational #Positive #Time

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Happiness #Differences #Pleasure

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Being Yourself #Self Esteem

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

#Life #Positive #Moving On

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

#Inspirational #Life #Motivational

You become what you believe.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Positive #Believe

My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies and betrayals - I remained faithful, hopeful, and open to seeing the best in people, regardless of whether they were showing me their worst. I stayed open to believing that no matter how hard the climb, there is always a way to let in a sliver of light to illuminate the path forward.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Betrayal #Lying #Believe

Nothing happens until you decide. Make a decision and watch your life move forward.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Moving #Decision #Watches

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspiring #Thank You #Grateful

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Women #Believe

The stories that you tell yourself can make or break you - no matter who you are.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Matter #Stories #Break

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Life #Happiness

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Inspirational #Life #Motivational

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Positive #Success #Confidence

Everybody's life matters.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Positivity #Matter

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

#Feel Good #Want #Feels

What I know for sure is this: The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal for this year is, you can get there - as long as you're willing to be honest with yourself about the preparation and work involved. There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment, and a choice.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Doors #Years #Long

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

#Positive #New Beginnings #Choices

The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Life Lesson #Lessons #Life Is

Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Attitude #Opportunity #Doors

Committing to a lifetime of wellness is not a luxury-it's a necessity. You'll never have enough time; you have to make the time.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Luxury #Enough Time #Wellness

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#New Year #Cheer #Years

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.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Real #Breathing #Community

Anybody pretending to be anything other than who you really are-you will never, ever reach your personal potential.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Pretending

All stress comes from resisting what is.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Stress

Happiness is there for the taking - and the making.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Holiday

Anything you can imagine, you can create.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Imagine

You can't do it all yourself. Don't be afraid to rely on others to help you accomplish your goals.
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Loss #Goal #Helping

Life whispers to you all the time...from the time you wake up in the morning and with every single experience...
-- Oprah Winfrey

#Morning #Wake Up