49 Famous Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul, talk show host, actress, and philanthropist. Over the course of her career, Winfrey has become a household name and an influential figure in the entertainment industry. Her eponymous talk show, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," was a cultural phenomenon that ran for 25 seasons and tackled a wide range of social issues. Winfrey has also used her platform to advocate for various causes, including education, health, and human rights. Her philanthropic efforts include the establishment of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, which provides education and opportunities to young women in need. (Oprah Winfrey Biography).

Oprah Winfrey Famous Quotes

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

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

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

4. "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."

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

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

7. "Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."

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

9. "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."

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

11. "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."

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

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

14. "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."

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

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

17. "Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."

18. "Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."

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

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

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

22. "Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism."

23. "Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey"

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

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

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

28. "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."

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

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

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

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

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

34. "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."

35. "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"

36. "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."

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

38. "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."

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

40. "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."

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

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

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

44. "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."

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

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

47. "You alone are enough."

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

49. "I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly."

― Oprah Winfrey Quotes

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