Oprah Winfrey Quotes

“I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.”

“It doesn't take a lot to make me happy. I take pleasure from everything I do.”

“Once you clarify your purpose for doing something, the way to do it becomes clear”

“Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life's greatest reward and life's greatest adventure.”

“All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.”

“What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually conscious, I learned that we all are responsible for ourselves, that you create your own reality by the way you think and therefore act. You cannot blame your parents, your circumstances, because you are NOT your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”

“Here's the gift of gratitude: In order to feel it, your ego has to take a backseat. What shows up in its place is greater compassion and understanding. Instead of being frustrated, you choose appreciation. And the more grateful you become, the more you have to be grateful for.”

“Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.”

“Surround yourself only with those who lift you higher.”

“I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay.”

“My constant focus is on being better. Should I be doing multimedia video production? Or seminars on the Internet? How can I do what I'm already doing in a more forceful way?”

“My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.”

“If I say, 'Oh nice,' about seven times in the same show, things aren't going well.”

“You really can change. Your reality is based on the way you think.”

“Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.”

“I'm one of those people who lives for the moment. If you concern yourself with what's going to happen a year from now, or five years from now, you defuse the moment. Whatever comes, comes. For this time I enjoy the ascent. I don't worry about anything except getting thinner thighs.”

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

“If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.”

“Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.”

“Making a Different Choice Gives You the Opportunity to Live a Different Life.”

“In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.”

“Bravery shows up in everyday life when people have the courage to live their truth, their vision and their dreams.”

“You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.”

“The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.”

“New York traffic can drive you crazy.”