Oprah Winfrey Quotes

When I didn't have friends, I had books.

As long as other people's opinions matter more than your own, you're owned by them. You're not even free.

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

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.

The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.

What I know for sure is that whatever your situation is right now, you have played a major role in creating it. With every experience, you build your life, thought by thought, choice by choice. And beneath each of those thoughts and choices lies your deepest intention. That's why before I make any decision, I ask myself one critical question: What is my real intention?

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love — who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth.

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.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

As long as there is still breath there’s forward.

Whose life did you touch? Who did you love, and who loved you back?

What I know for sure: There is no need to struggle with your body when you can make a loving and grateful peace with it.