Quotes By Oprah Winfrey

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

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.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

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.

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.

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

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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.

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

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

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.