Quotes By Oprah Winfrey

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.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

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

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

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

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.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.

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

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

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

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

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

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.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

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

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.

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

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

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.

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

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.