"I truly believe that a woman can have anything she wants - if she's willing to do the hard work it takes to get it."
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Oprah Winfrey quotes (page 41 of 43)
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"The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be. I believe you can only do this when you stop long enough to hear the whisper you might have drowned out, that small voice compelling you toward the kind of work you'd be willing to do even if you weren't paid. Once you tune out the noise of your life and hear that call, you face the biggest challenge of all: to find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks."
"Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right."
"This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are."
"I've been stopped cold from eating another burger!"
"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."
"Twenty minutes in the morning, 20 in the evening. Transcendental Meditation teachers have taught everyone in my company who wanted to learn how to meditate. The results have been awesome. Better sleep. Improved relationships with spouses, children, coworkers. Some people who once suffered migraines don't anymore. Greater productivity and creativity all around."
"I didn't just fall off the wagon. I let the wagon fall on me."
"I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay."
"If I say, 'Oh nice,' about seven times in the same show, things aren't going well."
"The ultimate comfort zone is within."
"I have named myself an unofficial ambassador for Australia and I have the biggest mouth on Earth."
"Failing is another stepping-stone to greatness."
"When I didn't have friends, I had books."
"I know who I am, and the thing about power for me is that it's connected to a source that's obviously greater than myself. Any time you can connect to the source and understand that that's where all of your energy, your creativity, your joy and your triumph come from, I consider that to be authentic power."
"Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?"
"Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To do less than your best is a sin. Every single one of us has the power for greatness, because greatness is determined by service-to yourself and to others."
"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."
"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!"
"There is a vision for my life that is greater than my imagination can hold."