Oprah Winfrey Quotes

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

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it

Remove the fear, and the answer comes into focus.

I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life's bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right.

If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.

I don't go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning. I feel like he did that intentionally for us, like McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning because he's pale and he would probably wanna be tanned.

If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable.

When women put their heads together, powerful things can happen!

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

Do what you want to do, when you want to do it ... and not a moment sooner.

Whatever our dreams, ideas, or projects, we plant a seed, nurture it -- and then reap the fruits of our labors.

I'm always interested in people being able to share stories that allow us to see the landscape of human foibles, challenges, and ultimately triumph.

Most people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness.

Making a Different Choice Gives You the Opportunity to Live a Different Life.

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

I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear and self-doubt.

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.

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

Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.

This is your moment. Own it.

There's nothing worse than betraying yourself.

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

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

Allowing the truth of who you are-your spiritual self-to rule your life means you stop the struggle and learn to move with the flow of your life.

I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream

This past Thanksgiving, my father was at the farm, and I had all 11 dogs in the house with a father who never allowed dogs in the house. And he got up to leave the table and came back and Solomon was in his chair. And he says, "This dog is in my chair." And I said, "It's the other way around, you're sitting in his chair."

Take what you can do and use it for the highest good to benefit others.

I tried to empty myself and let the spirit of Sethe inhabit me.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.

What we all desire is the fullest, highest expression of ourselves.

Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.

There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.

If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.

Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.

Live life and take chances. Believe that everything happens for a reason and don't regret. Love to the fullest and you will find true happiness in life. Realize that things go wrong and people change, but things do go on. Sometimes things weren't meant to be. What is supposed to happen will work its way out.

I have incredible stamina- the what-do-I-got-that-they-ain't-got kind of stamina.

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. .... There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment and a choice.

There is the voice that everybody hears... saying to you, "You should do this, you should be this, you ought to, you got to." And then there is the still small voice - for some people not so small - inside every human being that calls you to something that is greater than yourself.

always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well.

Being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so.

You get from the world what you give to the world.

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin.

If you are a woman living, you've been done wrong by a man.