Oprah Winfrey Quotes

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘Thank you,’ it will be enough.” — Meister Eckhart

I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.

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.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

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

Live your best life!

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.

Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for

I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons.

When you know better...You do better.

I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.

"You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.

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

Wherever you are in your journey, I hope you, too, will keep encountering challenges. It is a blessing to be able to survive them, to be able to keep putting one foot in front of the other — to be in a position to make the climb up life’s mountain, knowing that the summit still lies ahead. And every experience is a valuable teacher.

"The essential question is not, "How busy are you?' but 'What are you busy at?' 'Are you doing what fulfills you?