Oprah Winfrey Quotes

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

I hear people say all the time, "I'm not really religious, but I consider myself spiritual." I definitely have always been spiritual, being raised by my grandmother on that little acre in Mississippi, indoctrinated, born into the church and the ways of the church.

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

I've never listened to jazz. It's just not something I ever paid attention to.

There's a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call 'my disciples.' Their branches form a canopy over the ground, and I sit underneath them for inspiration.

To be mundane and poor is the curse of life!

Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not only aspire to but attain. Reading gave me hope. For me, it was the open door.

I believe in the power that not only allows the sun to rise but turns seeds into flowers and dreams into realities.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.

I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...

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

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.

You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.

You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.

And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead.

Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.

I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?

All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.

I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.

What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually conscious, I learned that we all are responsible for ourselves, that you create your own reality by the way you think and therefore act. You cannot blame your parents, your circumstances, because you are NOT your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.

To kick things off, [television show host Andy Cohen] asked the last time Winfrey had smoked marijuana. 'Uh ... 1982,' Winfrey replied. 'Let's hang out after the show,' Cohen joked. 'Okay,' Winfrey laughed. 'I hear it's gotten better.'

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself

If you take care of your body, it'll take care of you.

I couldn't kill myself. I would be afraid the minute I did it; something really good would happen and I'd miss it.

When I woke up in the morning and look in the mirror I realise that one of the reasons I don't own a handgun is, I would have shot my thighs off years ago.

You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.

Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.

Our beliefs can move us forward in life, or they can hold us back.

You gotta be willing to fail...if you're afraid of failing, you won't get very far.

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

I made the decision I will own my own show. So never again will I ever be told what I can and can not do.

The best work we can all do is create the highest vision possible for our lives and be led by that vision to the greatest good.

That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.

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

Take five minutes to centre yourself in the morning...set your intention every day...if you don't have five minutes, you don't deserve to have the life of your dreams.

Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.

If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

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

When your life is on course with it’s purpose, you are your most powerful.

I'm easy to look at, but so hard to see.

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.

In God, I move and breathe and have my being.

When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen

Learn to let your intuition-gut instinct-tell you when the food, the relationship, the job isn't good for you (and conversely, when what you're doing is just right).