Oprah Winfrey Quotes

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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

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Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.

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I was once afraid of people saying, Who does she think she is? Now I have the courage to stand and say, This is who I am.

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I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

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Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

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My reaction is that free speech not only lives, it rocks!

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All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.

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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

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Use what you have to run toward your best, that's how I now live my life.

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You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You are the only person alive who can see your big picture and even you can't see it all.

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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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