I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Making other people happy is what brings me happiness. I have a blessed life, and I have always shared my life's gifts… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
One of my purposes is to use the television show as a voice to not only entertain people, as I did in… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I can't deny that Jerry Springer supposedly beating us didn't affect me. There was a point where I felt like, Golly, you… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal. There really is only one, and that is this:… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I want people to be more open and tolerant. I want them to know that behind every stranger is a backstory that… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think,… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Anybody who has ever done anything knows that, when you believe, it doesn't matter what other people think. You just have to… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I believe your personality is formed at a very early age. Fame can magnify that personality, for good or bad, but it… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
There are so many people who've come before me who deserved to be tired. Who didn't have the opportunities, who didn't have… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
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… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those people who is trying to act like I don't sleep. I used to be like, "Oh, I… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
If you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
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… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Interviewing people, I don't miss that at all. I do miss kibitzing with the audience because after every show I would spend… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The nature of Buddhism, as I understand it, is to believe that we are all pure and radiant at our core. And… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that the root of every dysfunction… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism,… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The secret to being successful is to find a way to bring yourself through, even in your stories. People are looking for… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in the children's… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away! — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
I was in a conversation and someone said: "You know, we were talking about the whole issue of transgender and how it has become… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough... You're worthy… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share
