Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.

There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.

The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.

You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.

When I woke up in the morning and look in the mirror I realise that one of the reasons I don't own a handgun is, I would have shot my thighs off years ago.

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.

...I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life!

You get to know who you really are in a crisis.

Don't live your life to please other people.

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

The best of times is now.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

Keeping a journal will change your life in ways that you'd never imagine.

If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

All stress comes from resisting what is.

When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

I'm always interested in people being able to share stories that allow us to see the landscape of human foibles, challenges, and ultimately triumph.

The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?"

We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.

It's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.

If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces

Everyone is the keeper of a dream

Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion

Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.

I have a sense of greatness, which comes from feeling that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the planet - empowering people, especially women.

Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.

Helping others is the way we help ourselves.

What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less, but to blossom into more. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.

‎Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.

What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.

I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.

Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.

Taking care of your body, no matter what your age, is an investment.

The surest way to bring goodness to yourself is to make it your intention to do good for somebody else.

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.

If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

Dream the biggest dream for yourself. Hold the highest vision of life for yourself.