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
The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?
Interpretation
The quote encourages individuals to recognize their potential and worthiness to achieve their desired life.
In this quote, Oprah Winfrey emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and the belief that the life we aspire to live is within reach. She challenges us to confront our feelings of self-worth and acceptance, motivating us to embrace opportunities that come our way, and to actively pursue the life we desire, rather than waiting passively for it to come to us.
In practice
During a motivational speech to youth, to inspire them to pursue their dreams.
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
I just want to leave you with this thought, that it's just been sort of a dress rehearsal, and we're just getting started. So if any of you start resting on your laurels, I mean just forget it, because...we are just getting started.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.
If I had stood at the free-throw line and thought about 10 million people watching me on the other side of the camera lens, I couldn't have made anything. So I mentally tried to put myself in a familiar place. I thought about all those times I shot free throws in practice and went through the same motion, the same technique that I had used thousands of times. You forget about the outcome. You know you are doing the right things. So you relax and perform.
You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.
There's a huge seal called 'impossibility' pasted all over this world. And don't ever forget that we're the only ones who can tear it off once and for all.
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