Winfrey Quotes & Sayings

A world of possibilities awaits you. Keep turning the page. — Oprah Winfrey

I'm one of those people who lives for the moment. If you concern yourself with what's going to happen a year from now, or five years from now, you defuse the moment. Whatever comes, comes. For this time I enjoy the ascent. I don't worry about anything except getting thinner thighs. — Oprah Winfrey

You don't have a man, you need spaghetti. — Oprah Winfrey

Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you. — Oprah Winfrey

You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness. — Oprah Winfrey

You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love. — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

So many of my friends tell me they're not religious. I'm like, Of course you're religious. You watch Oprah Winfrey, don't you? — Richard Rodriguez

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

I decided to be the best and the smartest. — Oprah Winfrey

Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness. — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. — Oprah Winfrey

If you peel back the layers of your life-the frenzy, the noise-stillness is waiting. That stillness is you. — Oprah Winfrey

You have the RIGHT to change your mind — Oprah Winfrey

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

You are worthy because you were born. — Oprah Winfrey

Make a decision and watch your life move forward. — Oprah Winfrey

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 move forward. — Oprah Winfrey

I always knew I was a hit record just waiting to happen. — Oprah Winfrey

Successful people never worry about what others are doing. — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate. — Oprah Winfrey

I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being. — Oprah Winfrey

If something feels right, I do it. If it feels wrong, I don't. It's really very, very simple, but you've got to be willing to take your chances doing stuff that may look crazy to other people - or not doing something that looks right to others but just feels wrong to you. — Oprah Winfrey

I don't know what kind of egomaniac is sitting at home thinking about the impact they have had on the culture. It's not something I actually think about until it comes up. — Oprah Winfrey

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

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

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

Your gut is your inner compass. — Oprah Winfrey

For sure we live in a youth-obsessed culture that is constantly trying to tell us that if we're not young and glowing and "hot," we don't matter. But I refuse to buy into such a distorted view of reality. And I would never lie about or deny my age. To do so is to contribute to a sickness pervading our society - the sickness of wanting to be what you're not. I know for sure that only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life. I feel sorry for anyone who buys into the myth that you can be what you once were. The way to your best life isn't denial. It's owning every moment and staking a claim to the here and now. You're not the same woman you were a decade ago; if you're lucky, you're not the same woman you were last year. The whole point of aging, as I see it, is change. If we let them, our experiences can keep teaching us about ourselves. I celebrate that. Honor it. Hold it in reverence. And I'm grateful for every age I'm blessed to become. — Oprah Winfrey

Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure. — Oprah Winfrey

I only got the opportjnity to co-host a talk show because I failed at news. — Oprah Winfrey

You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt. — Oprah Winfrey

I will not be taking a paternity test, ever! — Oprah Winfrey

I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be. — Oprah Winfrey

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
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The work of your life is to discover your purpose and get on with the business of living it out. — Oprah Winfrey

Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie. — Oprah Winfrey

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

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish. — Oprah Winfrey

Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me. — Oprah Winfrey

I've talked to nearly 30,000, people on this show, and all 30,000, had one thing in common: They all wanted validation ... I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire. — Oprah Winfrey

I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.
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Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call. — Oprah Winfrey

Every year, I looked forward to Oprah Winfrey's Favorite Things episode. I watched with my notebook computer in my lap so I could Google the items and order them for the friends and family on my holiday gift-giving list. — Lori Wilde

Women will do anything Oprah Winfrey says, and that is why we can't have women voting. — Artie Lange

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher. — Oprah Winfrey

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

Take the ideas that speak to you. Use your imagination. Create something wonderful. — Oprah Winfrey

All stress comes from resisting what is. — Oprah Winfrey

Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go. — Oprah Winfrey

Declare today "sacred timeoff limits to everyone, unless invited by you. Take care of your personal wants and needs. Say no, graciously but firmly, to others' demands." — Oprah Winfrey

I believe your personality is formed at a very early age. Fame can magnify that personality, for good or bad, but it can't change it. So when people say to me, 'Don't change,' I'm thinking, To what? To who? Who else would I be? — Oprah Winfrey

Think back for a moment on your own history
not just where you were born or where you grew up, but the circumstances that contributed to your being right here, right now. What were the moments along the way that wounded or scared you? Chances are, you've had a few. But here's what's remarkable: You are still here, still standing. — Oprah Winfrey

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

Align your personality with your purpose, and no one can touch you. — Oprah Winfrey

DRAMA: Be careful about being baited into the personal battles and confusion of others. If you want to help someone out emotionally, be certain he or she has made a commitment to the sacrifice before you intervene for his or her success. If you don't, you're likely to be drained of all your healthy energy with his or her selfish petty, pitiful pretending and negotiating. Be encouraged but more importantly if you can't make it better, whatever you do don't make it worse, for them and especially yourself — Kerry E. Wagner

Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small. — Eli Broad

You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or you can create a vision, look upward, see the next mountain, and start the climb all over again. — Oprah Winfrey

Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

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

There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be. — Oprah Winfrey

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

Everybody looks at their poop. — Oprah Winfrey

I still love church. My favorite church service is T.D. Jakes at the Potter's House. I don't think there is a better preacher in the country. His ability to interpret scripture is like no other. — Oprah Winfrey

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves. — Oprah Winfrey

The secret to being successful is to find a way to bring yourself through, even in your stories. People are looking for the essence of your truth. When you can bring your own truth to it, that's when it works. — Oprah Winfrey

It felt like a new day. — Oprah Winfrey

Its Like Joy Rising — Oprah Winfrey

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things. — Oprah Winfrey

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." — Oprah Winfrey

I want people to understand, that you are responsible for your life. Weather you are transexual, weather you are a divorcee, weather you are terminally ill, weather you are posessed by the devil or trying to get the devil out of you. You have control over your life, and it is only when you recognize that, and is willing to be responsible for your life that you can truely soar, and I believe that it's possible in our lifetime to fly if you want to. — Oprah Winfrey

A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned. Life first will send the lesson to you in the size of a pebble; if you ignore the pebble, then life will send you a brick; if you ignore the brick, life will send you a brick wall; if you ignore the brick wall, life will send you a demolition truck. — Oprah Winfrey

Death shows up to remind us to live more fully. — Oprah Winfrey

I was in the gym working on my triceps, and I was thinking, just as I did the 50-pound pulldown, I am going to be in better shape by the end of the year [2016] than I've ever been in my life. I really just smiled at the notion: Wow, what a thing. — Oprah Winfrey

Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side. — Oprah Winfrey

We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be. — Oprah Winfrey

When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey represents the most ingenious and creative expression of black spiritual genius in the public mainstream that we've had in quite a long time, if ever. — Michael Eric Dyson

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. — Oprah Winfrey

Live from the heart of yourself — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom. — Oprah Winfrey

People just want to know that they matter. — Oprah Winfrey

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

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time. — Oprah Winfrey

If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future. — Oprah Winfrey

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer. — Oprah Winfrey

This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to work with the amazing Forest Whitaker again. It's a phenomenal script and a great, great role - I play his son. Oprah Winfrey is his wife and my mother. My character is a radical civil rights activist. — David Oyelowo

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

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream. — Oprah Winfrey

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

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. — Oprah Winfrey

If you educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community." An entire community - now that is really interesting! Then I found the quote changed a little more on the Kingdom of Jordan website by her Royal Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan during her interview with Oprah Winfrey. Queen Rania relates the quote in these words: "As you educate a woman, you educate the family. If you educate the girls, you educate the future. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do. — Oprah Winfrey

[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon is the impeccably Tory, slavishly conformist Beckham. The Reds are no longer the Bolsheviks. Nobody serious about political change can shirk the fact that the game has to be abolished. And any political outfit that tried it on would have about as much chance of power as the chief executive of BP has in taking over from Oprah Winfrey. — Terry Eagleton