Oprah Winfrey Quotes

You have the RIGHT to change your mind

I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar.

To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter who or where you are.

Let not one single life have passed in vain. What really matters is who you love and how you love.

Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.

For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.

I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally

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

You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.

I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.

When I didn't have friends, I had books.

I consider this world to be like a school and our lives to be the classrooms.

Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay.

I still want what I've always wanted ... to be the best person I can be.

Death shows up to remind us to live more fully.

You become excellent, and when you become excellent, no-one can take that away from you.

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.

I've never listened to jazz. It's just not something I ever paid attention to.

Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?

Interviewing people, I don't miss that at all. I do miss kibitzing with the audience because after every show I would spend half an hour to 40 minutes talking to people.

Life has taught me to just be the best I can be.

After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life.

There's nobody who would be willing to do an interview on a regular basis that you can't go and Google and find out what has happened to them in the past week. There's nobody.

I could eat a feeling faster than anybody, put a little hot sauce on it and wouldn't recognize it until it showed up on my behind three days later.

Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.

If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.

Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.

Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.

There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.

Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.

If you don't give something back when you get, you don't keep.

I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book falls within and also the authenticity of the work.

Now that I have all the things I once thought would make me happy, they have little meaning for me. Experience, and not just a little heartache, has taught me money buys convenience and conveniences.

We are held accountable for every intention, which is why you are sitting where you are right now.

I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.

If it's not hard, you're not dreaming big enough!

Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying.

There's a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call 'my disciples.' Their branches form a canopy over the ground, and I sit underneath them for inspiration.

No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.

The whole barrier exists because most people never come together and sit down at a table ... join together, break bread together, and celebrate their differences and their likenesses.

What I know for sure is that whatever has happened to you has also happened for you.

People have power to make a difference in their lives.

I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.

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."

God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself, and your role on Earth is to attach yourself to that divine force and let yourself be released to it.

I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased

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