I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
Oprah WinfreyRead
Improving your life doesn’t have to be about changing everything – it’s about making changes that count.
Interpretation
Improving your life involves meaningful changes rather than drastic overhauls.
This quote by Oprah Winfrey emphasizes that personal improvement is not necessarily about making sweeping changes to one's life but rather about making impactful adjustments that can lead to genuine progress and fulfillment. It encourages individuals to focus on small, significant changes that collectively contribute to a better quality of life, rather than feeling overwhelmed by the need for large transformations.
In practice
During a motivational workshop to inspire attendees to embrace gradual improvements.
I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.
I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.
What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you
The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed.
I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh, cruel, world. And I saw a little girl, her eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one that she knew in her heart could not remain, and she was holding it and pleading, never to let her go.
I'm intending to work on juvenile justice reform, sentencing reform, reentry, drug treatment, access to mental health care.
When you lift up black women, you lift up entire communities and the entire country.
I left Delhi in 1989 and remember very little of how life used to be then. Increasingly, in my recent visits to Delhi, I've started to realize that the city has become intellectually very lively. It makes me want to discover the city over and over again.
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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