Oprah Winfrey
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.
You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
I always knew I was destined for greatness.
I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.
Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
I always feel that until you take your last breath, you're always growing.
I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school, and our life the classrooms.
Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.
I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy once they have them.
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.
It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.
Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.
To me, the money is - it's certainly a wonderful thing. But it is in direct proportion to how you're able to bless yourself and bless others with it.
Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.
I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.
I had become so accustomed to succeeding that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail.
When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything that you carried forward for yourself.
When you're the most successful person in your family, in your neighborhood, and in your town, everybody thinks you're the First National Bank, and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.
That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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