The commonality in the human experience is the same. We have the same sorrows, and the same triumphs. Joy is joy is joy.

We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.

The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get.

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

My name is Oprah Winfrey. I have a talk show. I'm single. I have eight dogs-five golden retrievers, two black labs, and a mongrel. I have four years of college.

No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.

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