Oprah Winfrey Quotes

There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life.

There is a seeded bread that I bring from South Africa. I bring home 10, 20 loaves. I am so bad with this bread. I've literally been in hotels and brought my own: "Please, can you toast this? I have my own bread." They're like, "You have your own bread?" And I'll pull it out!

If you are still breathing, you have a second chance.

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

Well, I am a Christian who believes that there are certainly many more paths to God other than Christianity.

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.

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

I was happy over little things: mango sorbet, and running, and the way my feet felt touching the ground when I ran.

All you need to do is know who you are.

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

After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life.

I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.

Free speech not only lives, it rocks!

I tried documentaries.It wasn't the time for me. I was going to try to do the same thing, I did make a valiant attempt but it did not work - to do the same thing with documentaries that we had done with the book club [in 2011]. The zeitgeist wasn't ready. It just wasn't ready.

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

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

Everybody matters. Everyone just wants to be heard.

When you surrender and stop resisting and stop trying to change that which you can't change, but be in the moment, be fully open to the blessings you've already received and those that are yet to come and stand in that space of gratitude ... and look at where you are and how far you've come and what you've accomplished - when you can claim THAT and SEE that, the literal vibration of your life will change.

To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back.

Love is a lesson worth learning.

What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves.

That whisper you keep hearing is the universe trying to get your attention.

You know that old joke about the guy who lives to be 104? The punch line goes something like 'If I knew I was gonna get this old, I'd have taken much better care of myself.' Well, guess what? We actually are living longer, and the time to start taking care of ourselves is right this minute.

What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.

I think I do speak to all ages, but the emphasis is, unlike everybody else who is chasing the Millennials, I'm not chasing the Millennials.

I'm definitely not a traditionalist, because a traditionalist would be going to church every Sunday.

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

Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.

No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.

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

One of the biggest mistakes humans make is to believe there is only one way. There are many diverse paths leading to what you call God.

I decided to be the best and the smartest.

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

I'm not one of those people who is trying to act like I don't sleep. I used to be like, "Oh, I only need four hours." Now I need exactly 5 1/2 to 6 in order to feel like I've done well.

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

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

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

Don't wait for someone else to complete you. 'Jerry Maguire' was just a movie.

The way through the challenge is to get still and ask yourself, 'What is the next right move? What is the next right move?' and then, from that space, make the next right move and the next right move.

Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself

What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken; it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakable calm, confidence and a fierce grace.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?

Tithe in kind where your spirit is fed.

Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.

To move forward you have to give back.

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

I truly understand that there is a lesson in everything that happens to us. So I tried not to spend my time asking "Why did this happen to me?" but trying to figure out why I had chosen this.