Oprah Winfrey
Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.Collection: Book
I always knew I'd be a millionaire by age thirty-two. In fact, I am going to be the richest black woman in America.Collection: Two
People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.Collection: Adversity
What I know for sure: Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.Collection: Destiny
I've always known that life is better when you share it. I now realize it gets even sweeter when you expand the circle.Collection: Circles
We are Spiritual Beings have a Human Experience. Not the other way around.Collection: Spiritual
Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.Collection: Adversity
Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.Collection: Giving
Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.Collection: Disappointment
I couldn't kill myself. I would be afraid the minute I did it; something really good would happen and I'd miss it.Collection: Missing
We need to deprogram ourselves. I know for sure that you can't give what you don't have. If you allow yourself to be depleted to the point where your emotional and spiritual tank is empty and you're running on fumes of habit, everybody loses. Especially you.Collection: Running
When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.Collection: Book
If it never rained, nothing would grow.Collection: Inspirational
There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!Collection: Success
The truth is I have from the very beginning listened to my instincts. All of my best decisions in life have come because I was attuned to what really felt like the next right move for me.Collection: Moving
Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day.Collection: Morning
You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love.Collection: Inspiring
How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve, without even a thought about what happens to the animals whose lives are sacrificed in the name of gluttony?Collection: Animal
When you run a race, you hurt your ability to compete when you turn your head to look at the competition chasing you, you lose a step physically and psychologically. Run the race always stretching to do your best, imitations will come in last, no one can catch an original.Collection: Running
What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.Collection: Healing
This is your moment. Own it.Collection: Live In The Moment
Strength times strength times strength times strength times strength times strength means power.Collection: Inspiring
I only got the opportjnity to co-host a talk show because I failed at news.Collection: News
I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream – and by tuning into one another’s secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.Collection: Relationship
Never for a moment allow your greatness to interfere with your goodness.Collection: Inspiring
Don't put a ceiling on yourself.Collection: Ceilings
I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived. 'I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand,' Maya Angelou proclaimed in her poem 'Our Grandmothers.' When I move through the world, I bring all my history with me-all the people who paved the way for me are part of who I am.Collection: Inspiring
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo.Collection: Friendship
If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve itCollection: Believe
I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist. Many people are so closed to miracles that even when one is boldly staring them in the face, they label it coincidence or serendipity. I call it like I see it.Collection: Believe
We are not servants of some God; we are 'our own gods?'Collection: Servant
Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.Collection: Inspirational
If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.Collection: Friendship
Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand forCollection: Defined
You are responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your Mama did. It doesn't matter what your Daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life.Collection: Daddy
Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.Collection: Teacher
You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.Collection: Success
No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.Collection: Hope
Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.Collection: Confidence
Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.Collection: Mistake
What I know for sure is this: The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal for this year is, you can get there - as long as you're willing to be honest with yourself about the preparation and work involved. There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment, and a choice.Collection: Doors
You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.Collection: Inspirational
If you are still breathing, you have a second chance.Collection: Inspiring
The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.Collection: Inspirational
You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, "You can't." Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.Collection: Believe
If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.Collection: Hurt
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.Collection: Grief
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance.Collection: Dream
I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.Collection: Believe