Top 500 Oprah Winfrey Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Never give up your power to another person.”

— Oprah Winfrey

202. “Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I’m still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better.”

— Oprah Winfrey

203. “Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

204. “That whisper you keep hearing is the universe trying to get your attention.”

— Oprah Winfrey

205. “I think mentors are important and I don’t think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don’t know it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

206. “The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant – and the success will naturally follow...”

— Oprah Winfrey

207. “Your life is a reflection of how you think.”

— Oprah Winfrey

208. “When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

210. “Devote today to something so daring even you can’t believe you’re doing it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

211. “Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not only aspire to but attain. Reading gave me hope. For me, it was the open door.”

— Oprah Winfrey

212. “You are responsible for your life. It doesn’t matter what your Mama did. It doesn’t matter what your Daddy didn’t do. You are responsible for your life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

213. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

214. “Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell.”

— Oprah Winfrey

215. “Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”

— Oprah Winfrey

216. “No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.”

— Oprah Winfrey

217. “I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don’t do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It’s like cause and effect.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

219. “All stress comes from resisting what is.”

— Oprah Winfrey

220. “Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks.”

— Oprah Winfrey

221. “You are the single biggest influence in your life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

222. “Everything in your world is created by what you think.”

— Oprah Winfrey

223. “If you let it, the noise of the world will drown out the voice of God, which is your intuition.”

— Oprah Winfrey

224. “Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

225. “The roles we play in each other’s lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us – the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.”

— Oprah Winfrey

226. “When your life is on course with it’s purpose, you are your most powerful.”

— Oprah Winfrey

227. “I look at problems as opportunities and use every person, every incident, and every encounter as an opportunity to show a more loving part of myself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

228. “Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.”

— Oprah Winfrey

229. “If it’s not hard, you’re not dreaming big enough!”

— Oprah Winfrey

230. “Reading gave me hope.”

— Oprah Winfrey

231. “I’m finally ready to own my own power, to say, “This is who I am.” If you like it, you like it. And if you don’t like it, you don’t. So watch out; I’m gonna fly.”

— Oprah Winfrey

232. “It is very true, that the way you think creates reality for yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

233. “Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it’s probably right.”

— Oprah Winfrey

234. “Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.”

— Oprah Winfrey

235. “If you peel back the layers of your life-the frenzy, the noise-stillness is waiting. That stillness is you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

236. “I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one’s own destiny.”

— Oprah Winfrey

237. “No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.”

— Oprah Winfrey

238. “Whenever you can’t think of something to be grateful for, remember your breath. With each breath you take, you can say, ‘I’m still here.’ Make each day a holiday of thankfulness -and give yourself the gift of gratitude!”

— Oprah Winfrey

239. “What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can’t avoid the daily tremors. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.”

— Oprah Winfrey

240. “Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

241. “Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

243. “The essential question is not, “How busy are you?” but “What are you busy at?””

— Oprah Winfrey

244. “What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

245. “The next road is always ahead.”

— Oprah Winfrey

246. “Gossip... reflects the insecurity of those who initiate it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

247. “There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.”

— Oprah Winfrey

248. “There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.”

— Oprah Winfrey

249. “Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will come to you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

250. “Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour.”

— Oprah Winfrey