Top 500 Oprah Winfrey Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.”

— Oprah Winfrey

102. “As you become more clear about who you really are, you’ll be better able to decide what is best for you – the first time around.”

— Oprah Winfrey

103. “It’s the airplane oxygen-mask theory: If you don’t put on your mask first, you won’t be able to save anyone else.”

— Oprah Winfrey

104. “Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it’s accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.”

— Oprah Winfrey

105. “I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

106. “Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.”

— Oprah Winfrey

107. “You get to know who you really are in a crisis.”

— Oprah Winfrey

108. “No matter where you are on your journey, that’s exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.”

— Oprah Winfrey

109. “Your soul tells you when it’s time to move on.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

111. “Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.”

— Oprah Winfrey

112. “You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”

— Oprah Winfrey

113. “When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen.”

— Oprah Winfrey

114. “This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they’ll take me.”

— Oprah Winfrey

115. “What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder.”

— Oprah Winfrey

116. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance – and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.”

— Oprah Winfrey

117. “Have the courage to follow your passion – and if you don’t know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

118. “There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.”

— Oprah Winfrey

119. “You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

121. “This is your moment. Own it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

122. “I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.”

— Oprah Winfrey

123. “If friends disappoint you over and over, that’s in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren’t going to change simply because you want them to.”

— Oprah Winfrey

124. “God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself, and your role on Earth is to attach yourself to that divine force and let yourself be released to it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

125. “You get from the world what you give to the world.”

— Oprah Winfrey

126. “Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?”

— Oprah Winfrey

127. “If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

128. “The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don’t know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.”

— Oprah Winfrey

129. “You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.”

— Oprah Winfrey

130. “The way through the challenge is to get still and ask yourself, ‘What is the next right move? What is the next right move?’ and then, from that space, make the next right move and the next right move.”

— Oprah Winfrey

131. “Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.”

— Oprah Winfrey

132. “You have a gift that only you can give the world – that’s the whole reason you’re on the planet. Use your precious energy to build a magnificent life that really is attainable. The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.”

— Oprah Winfrey

133. “She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don’t know a better person.”

— Oprah Winfrey

134. “Don’t get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

136. “It’s only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.”

— Oprah Winfrey

137. “Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for your life. What is your life? What is all life? What is every flower, every rock, every tree? Energy. And you’re responsible for the energy you create for yourself, and you’re responsible for the energy that you bring to others.”

— Oprah Winfrey

138. “Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.”

— Oprah Winfrey

139. “If you’re sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.”

— Oprah Winfrey

140. “Your intention rules your life and determines the outcome.”

— Oprah Winfrey

141. “You have the RIGHT to change your mind.”

— Oprah Winfrey

142. “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.”

— Oprah Winfrey

143. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

144. “Dream the biggest dream for yourself. Hold the highest vision of life for yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

145. “You will be wounded many times in your life. You’ll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God’s way of saying, “Excuse me, you’re moving in the wrong direction.” It’s just an experience, just an experience.”

— Oprah Winfrey

146. “Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You’re defined by what you stand for.”

— Oprah Winfrey

147. “No experience is ever wasted. Everything has meaning.”

— Oprah Winfrey

148. “When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving!”

— Oprah Winfrey

149. “Learn from every mistake, because every experience, particularly your mistakes, are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.”

— Oprah Winfrey

150. “The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get.”

— Oprah Winfrey