Oprah Winfrey Quotes

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If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

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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.

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The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.

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I am those women. I am every one of them. And they are me. That's why we get along so well.

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Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully

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I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

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What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction.

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The true meaning of courage is to be afraid, and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even when that step makes sense to nobody but you. I know that's not easy. But making a bold move is the only way to truly advance toward the grandest vision the universe has for you.

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I've been guilty of misusing TV. It's a dangerous medium and is misused all the time.

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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

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You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

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

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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.

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