Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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351. “Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together.”

— Oprah Winfrey

352. “Life is better when you share it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

353. “The future is full of possibility, whether you make one tiny change – or a whole invigorating, thrilling, inspiring bunch of them.”

— Oprah Winfrey

354. “The energy we put out in the world is the energy we get back. So if you want more love in your life, set your intention to be more loving. If you seek kindness, focus your energy on empathy and compassion. Conversely, if you wonder why there are so many angry people in your life, look no further than the resentment you hold in your own heart.”

— Oprah Winfrey

355. “What I know is, if you do work that you love, and work that fulfills you, the rest will come. I truly believe the reason I’ve been so financially successful is because my focus has never been on the money.”

— Oprah Winfrey

356. “Your life is always speaking to you. It speaks in whispers, guiding you to your next right step.”

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357. “Doubt means don’t. Don’t move. Don’t answer. Don’t rush forward.”

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358. “Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you’re headed in the wrong direction.”

— Oprah Winfrey

359. “My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.”

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360. “The stories that you tell yourself can make or break you – no matter who you are.”

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361. “Intent and service-that is my motto.”

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362. “The true meaning of courage is to be afraid – and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, take the leap anyway.”

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363. “Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

364. “Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.”

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365. “If you’re holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you’re wasting your time. You must be fearless enough to give yourself the love you didn’t receive.”

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366. “Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you.”

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367. “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.”

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368. “When you don’t know what to do, get still. The answer will come.”

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369. “Happiness is there for the taking – and the making.”

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370. “When you run a race, you hurt your ability to compete when you turn your head to look at the competition chasing you, you lose a step physically and psychologically. Run the race always stretching to do your best, imitations will come in last, no one can catch an original.”

— Oprah Winfrey

371. “You really haven’t changed, you’ve just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying to do: become more of ourselves.”

— Oprah Winfrey

372. “What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider.”

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373. “I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier.”

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374. “I can’t imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could open doors and walk through.”

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375. “You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.”

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

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377. “Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace – a connection to what matters.”

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378. “Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.”

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379. “You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That’s how you keep it. That’s how you get it. That’s how you grow it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

380. “It’s all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did.”

— Oprah Winfrey

381. “It’s great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn’t great is lying to you.”

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382. “I don’t think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.”

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383. “Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience.”

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

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385. “Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner’s manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.”

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386. “I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn’t changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I’m just wearing better shoes.”

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387. “People have power to make a difference in their lives.”

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

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389. “One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.”

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390. “Live from the heart of yourself.”

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391. “No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.”

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392. “I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own.”

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393. “Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.”

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

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395. “Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.”

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396. “There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!”

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397. “The ultimate comfort zone is within.”

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398. “When you don’t give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion.”

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399. “I truly understand that there is a lesson in everything that happens to us. So I tried not to spend my time asking “Why did this happen to me?” but trying to figure out why I had chosen this.”

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400. “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.”

— Oprah Winfrey