--- title: "9 Can do Quotes By Oprah Winfrey" description: "9 Can do quotes by Oprah Winfrey. Plus more from Oprah Winfrey and more Can do sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/oprah-winfrey-186_can-do_when-you-have-done-everything-that-you-c_2282851.png" --- > [When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/when-you-have-done-everything-that-you-can-do-surrender-give-yourself/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/oprah-winfrey-186_can-do_when-you-have-done-everything-that-you-c_2282851.png) > [I don't think there's anything better you can do in this world than bring light wherever you go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-better-you-can-do-in-this-world-than/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/oprah-winfrey-186_better_i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-better-yo_1851354.png) > [Take what you can do and use it for the highest good to benefit others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/take-what-you-can-do-and-use-it-for-the-highest-good-to-benefit-others/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/oprah-winfrey-186_benefit_take-what-you-can-do-and-use-it-for-the_1134837.png) > [You are here to do something you are uniquely created for. No one else can do it like you can, that's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/you-are-here-to-do-something-you-are-uniquely-created-for-no-one-else/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/oprah-winfrey-186_can-do_you-are-here-to-do-something-you-are-uni_86381.png) > [You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/you-are-not-your-circumstances-you-are-your-possibilities-if-you-know/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/oprah-winfrey-186_ability_you-are-not-your-circumstances-you-are-y_2389478.png) > [The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/the-single-greatest-thing-you-can-do-to-change-your-life-today-would-2/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/oprah-winfrey-186_be-grateful_the-single-greatest-thing-you-can-do-to_2662154.png) > [What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/what-i-learned-at-a-very-early-age-was-that-i-was-responsible-for-my/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/oprah-winfrey-186_age_what-i-learned-at-a-very-early-age-was-t_710128.png) > [God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you, than you could ever dream for yourself. When you've worked as hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/god-can-dream-a-bigger-dream-for-me-for-you-than-you-could-ever-dream/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/oprah-winfrey-186_bigger_god-can-dream-a-bigger-dream-for-me-for_1597496.jpg) > [So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/so-the-color-purple-changed-my-life-it-changed-everything-about-my/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/oprah-winfrey-186_can-do_so-the-color-purple-changed-my-life-it-c_2412384.png) ## Other authors on Can do ## More by Oprah Winfrey > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-ve-seen-that-many-times-in-rural-african-villages-where-people-have/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/these-french-style-caramels-are-handmade-in-california-it-s-always/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [I was in a conversation and someone said: "You know, we were talking about the whole issue of transgender and how it has become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-was-in-a-conversation-and-someone-said-you-know-we-were-talking/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [“Forgiveness is about letting go of the past and not holding on to it”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/forgiveness-is-about-letting-go-of-the-past-and-not-holding-on-to-it/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/the-deepest-courage-we-can-exercise-is-continuing-to-believe-in-our/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/if-you-can-see-it-and-believe-it-it-is-a-lot-easier-to-achieve-it/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/there-is-no-greater-gift-you-can-give-or-receive-than-to-honor-your/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/gratitude-is-the-single-greatest-treasure-i-will-take-with-me-from/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-am-disappointed-by-this-controversy-surrounding-a-million-little/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/keep-a-grateful-journal-every-night-list-five-things-that-you-are/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-want-every-day-to-be-a-fresh-start-on-expanding-what-is-possible/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/we-often-block-our-own-blessings-because-we-don-t-feel-inherently/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/one-if-the-hardest-things-in-life-to-learn-are-which-bridges-to-cross/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/you-must-feed-your-mind-with-reading-material-thoughts-and-ideas-that/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) > [Your soul tells you when it's time to move on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/your-soul-tells-you-when-it-s-time-to-move-on/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/oprah-winfrey/#itemlist", "name": "9 Can do Quotes By Oprah Winfrey", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. 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