"I believe that you tend to create your own blessings. You have to prepare yourself so that when opportunity comes, you're ready."
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Oprah Winfrey quotes (page 42 of 43)
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"My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good."
"For me to live in a world that is not inclusive of other people who are not Christian would be the opposite of Christianity."
"To be mundane and poor is the curse of life!"
"New York traffic can drive you crazy."
"Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty."
"That's what leads to a reinvention of yourself - being fully present and in the moment."
"The divine is in all things."
"What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you"
"If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart."
"Just being born makes you worthy enough to be here"
"I don't think there's anything better you can do in this world than bring light wherever you go."
"All trials force the question, Who are you really? And you must trust yourself to answer"
"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."
"There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are."
"I did not believe what I was told about being poor and black and female in Mississippi in 1954."
"To this day I always say my prayers on my knees 'cause I think maybe they get there sooner."
"You really can change. Your reality is based on the way you think."
"Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness."
"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."