Explore Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.

For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.

After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life.

You can't do it all yourself. Don't be afraid to rely on others to help you accomplish your goals.

The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.

Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side.

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.

No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.

How you spend your time defines who you are.

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.

And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead.

You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it.

The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.

It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.

You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.