Oprah Winfrey

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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.