Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Living your best life is your most important journey in life.

With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

What I know for sure is this: The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal for this year is, you can get there - as long as you're willing to be honest with yourself about the preparation and work involved. There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment, and a choice.

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

This is the body you've been given - love what you've got.

If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace.

Committing to a lifetime of wellness is not a luxury-it's a necessity. You'll never have enough time; you have to make the time.

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.

You teach people how to treat you.

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

I feel my greatest work is yet to come.

What I've learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.

Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.

Failing is another stepping-stone to greatness.

Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.

Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.

To love yourself is a never-ending journey.

Every choice gives you a chance to pave your own road. Keep moving. Full speed ahead

When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.

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.

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

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

I know this for sure, that doing good actually makes you better.

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.

Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.

The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.

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

I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.

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.

When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion

Anybody pretending to be anything other than who you really are-you will never, ever reach your personal potential.

Align your personality with your purpose, and no one can touch you.

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.

I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you.

You're either humble or you're not. If you were a jerk before the fame, you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight. Whoever you are really comes through.

There were no ugly people in Ethiopia

What you do today creates every tomorrow.

The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, our earth, to be like a school, and our life, the classrooms. Sometimes on our planet life school, the lessons often come dressed up as detours and road blocks and sometimes as full blown crises. And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons.

The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.

Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph.

If it's not hard, you're not dreaming big enough!

I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.

Remove the fear, and the answer comes into focus.

Life is about becoming more of who you really are.

I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear and self-doubt.

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.

Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin.

What least makes a mother is biology.

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter who or where you are.

Everyone is the keeper of a dream

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.

It is your life and it is worth risking everything to make it yours.

Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?

You were seen, you were heard and you matter.