Quotes By Oprah Winfrey

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

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.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

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

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

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.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

I'm not even kind of a lesbian.

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.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

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.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.