Explore Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

Making a Different Choice Gives You the Opportunity to Live a Different Life.

I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!

My business skills have come from being guided by my inner self - my intuition.

Here's what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you embody the ideas contained in those words.

Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning.

Living your best life is to find out what your calling is. Your real job on Earth is to find out what you were meant to be doing & to find a way to do that thing.

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

If I had kids, my kids would hate me. They would have ended up on the equivalent of the Oprah show talking about me; because something [in my life] would have had to suffer and it would've probably been them.

What I know for sure is that it's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow. That doesn't necessarily mean your process will necessarily lead you to wealth or fame. In fact, your dream may have nothing to do with tangible prosperity and everything to do with creating a life filled with joy, one with no regrets and a clear conscience. I've learned that wealth is a tool that gives you choices, but it can't compensate for a life not fully lived and it certainly can't create a sense of peace within you.

This past Thanksgiving, my father was at the farm, and I had all 11 dogs in the house with a father who never allowed dogs in the house. And he got up to leave the table and came back and Solomon was in his chair. And he says, "This dog is in my chair." And I said, "It's the other way around, you're sitting in his chair."

Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day.

When women put their heads together, powerful things can happen!

Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.

I truly believe that a woman can have anything she wants - if she's willing to do the hard work it takes to get it.

The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know is that what other people do doesn't really have any effect on me.

When you focus on what you have, your ABUNDANCE increases. I started with my breath. Noticing being alive is a good start!

Whenever you can't think of something to be grateful for, remember your breath. With each breath you take, you can say, 'I'm still here.' Make each day a holiday of thankfulness -and give yourself the gift of gratitude!

When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.

What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you

Failures can be God's little whispers (or) a full earthquake in our lives because we didn't listen to the whispers

You are here to do something you are uniquely created for. No one else can do it like you can, that's why you're here