Explore Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.

The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get.

It's time for us as a country to try to come together in ways that freedom was really meant to be.

I never had children, never even thought I would have children. Now I have 152 daughters; expecting 75 more next year. That is some type of gestation period.

Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.

Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.

‎Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if you don't have time to enjoy it.

Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience.

I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.

I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist. Many people are so closed to miracles that even when one is boldly staring them in the face, they label it coincidence or serendipity. I call it like I see it.

What I know for sure: Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater than myself.

Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.

A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned. Life first will send the lesson to you in the size of a pebble; if you ignore the pebble, then life will send you a brick; if you ignore the brick, life will send you a brick wall; if you ignore the brick wall, life will send you a demolition truck.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.

Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth.