Quotes By Oprah Winfrey

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.

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.

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

I'm not even kind of a lesbian.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

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

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

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.

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.