Top 500 Oprah Winfrey Quotes (2024 Update)
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451. “I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream – and by tuning into one another’s secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.”

— Oprah Winfrey

452. “I’ve often called mothers the greatest spiritual teachers in the world.”

— Oprah Winfrey

453. “Transforma as tuas feridas em sabedoria!”

— Oprah Winfrey

454. “We are not Human Beings experiencing spiritual lives, we are spiritual beings experiencing human lives.”

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455. “The gift of deciding to face your mortality without turning away or flinching is the gift of recognizing that because you will die, you must live now. Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands – you are the single biggest influence in your life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

456. “That’s really what wealth does for you. It gives you freedom to make choices.”

— Oprah Winfrey

457. “If this was the last day of your life, would you spend it the way you’re spending today?”

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458. “If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.”

— Oprah Winfrey

459. “When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?”

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460. “Take what you can do and use it for the highest good to benefit others.”

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461. “To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back.”

— Oprah Winfrey

462. “What I know for sure is that there is no strength without challenge, adversity, resistance, and often pain.”

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463. “Whatever your calling, it’s already rooted within you, and those roots can be trampled or tugged at but never removed. They grow stronger only when tended, nurtured, and most important, shared with others.”

— Oprah Winfrey

464. “But what happens when you work hard at something unfulfilling? It drains your spirit. It robs you of your life force. You end up depleted, depressed and angry.”

— Oprah Winfrey

465. “So creating a religion of your own, some people call this a smorgasbord religion. Taking a little bit from this and a little bit from that.”

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466. “No matter what challenge you may be facing, you must remember that while the canvas of your life is painted with daily experiences, behaviors, reactions, and emotions, you’re the one controlling the brush. If I had known this at 21, I could have saved myself a lot of heartache and self-doubt. It would have been a revelation to understand that we are all the artists of our own lives – and that we can use as many colors and brushstrokes as we like.”

— Oprah Winfrey

467. “Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

468. “I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it’s that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy.”

— Oprah Winfrey

469. “What follows ‘I am’ is what we’re inviting into our life. Meaning when you use phrases like, “I am exhausted,” or, “I am overwhelmed,” you are inviting exactly that kind of energy into your life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

470. “When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that’s all there was.”

— Oprah Winfrey

471. “If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.”

— Oprah Winfrey

472. “What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.”

— Oprah Winfrey

473. “Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.”

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

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475. “What I know for sure is that if you can survive 11 days in cramped quarters with a friend and come out laughing, your friendship is the real deal. I know ours is.”

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476. “Making other people happy is what brings me happiness. I have a blessed life, and I have always shared my life’s gifts with others. I will continue to use my voice and my life as a catalyst for encouraging people to help make a difference in the lives of others.”

— Oprah Winfrey

477. “Tithe in kind where your spirit is fed.”

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

— Oprah Winfrey

479. “My father turned my life around insisting I be more than I was and by believing I could be more.”

— Oprah Winfrey

480. “I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.”

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481. “If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces.”

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482. “Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.”

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

— Oprah Winfrey

484. “Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings.”

— Oprah Winfrey

485. “What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God’s way of pointing you in a new direction.”

— Oprah Winfrey

486. “I’m not even kind of a lesbian.”

— Oprah Winfrey

487. “I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.”

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488. “There’s a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he’s African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

489. “I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

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491. “I’ve always believed free will is a birthright. God even allows us to choose whether to be led by the divine order.”

— Oprah Winfrey

492. “I always knew I’d be a millionaire by age thirty-two. In fact, I am going to be the richest black woman in America.”

— Oprah Winfrey

493. “My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.”

— Oprah Winfrey

494. “I tried to empty myself and let the spirit of Sethe inhabit me.”

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495. “It took a lot of courage to take the high road, but I would rather be significant with six million people watching a show with meaning, than everyone watching a show with no meaning.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

497. “I’ve always known that life is better when you share it. I now realize it gets even sweeter when you expand the circle.”

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498. “The reason I gained so much weight in the first place and the reason I had such a sorry history of abusive relationships with men was I just needed approval so much. I needed everyone to like me, because I didn’t like myself much.”

— Oprah Winfrey

499. “Personally, I think if a women hasn’t met the right man by the time she’s 24, she may be lucky.”

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500. “Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.”

— Oprah Winfrey