Oprah Winfrey Quotes

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

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Oprah Gail Winfrey (born 29 January 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.

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Birth Name: Orpah Gail Winfrey

Native Name: Oprah Gail Winfrey

Alternative Names: Oprah

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What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually conscious, I learned that we all are responsible for ourselves, that you create your own reality by the way you think and therefore act. You cannot blame apartheid, your parents, your circumstances, because you are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different.” It’s accepting the past for what it was and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. — Oprah

Its Like Joy Rising

You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt.

The thing that I do best is "Be Here. Be Now".

No matter how far away from yourself you may have strayed, there is always a path back. You already know who you are and how to fulfill your destiny. And your ruby slippers are ready to carry you home.

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.

The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us — the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.

I would say, we can't allow ourselves to be frightened into not living our lives, and I think that we have to keep going and we have to keep going with the faith that thing will get better … And things will get better when we make them better.

Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.

It felt like a new day.

[Attributed to a friend's Buddhist teacher] Be yourself–but be all of you.

"Say "Thank You" because your faith is so strong that you don't doubt that what ever the problem, you'll get through it. You're saying thank-you because you know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds."

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.

Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.