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Inspirational Quotes by Oprah Winfrey (American TV Personality)

Inspirational Quotations by Oprah Winfrey (American TV Personality)

Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) is an American media personality and philanthropist. She is one of the richest and most influential women in the United States.

Born into poverty, Winfrey ran away from home at age 13 after being subjected to domestic abuse. At 14, she had a son who was born prematurely and died shortly after birth. Winfrey then made education her top priority, worked as a radio reporter while in high school, and studied broadcasting at Tennessee State University.

At age 22, Winfrey co-anchored the evening news in Baltimore. Two years later, she started co-hosting a talk show called People Are Talking. In 1983, she moved to Chicago to host a 30-minute morning talk show called AM Chicago which was later renamed the Oprah Winfrey Show after her ratings skyrocketed. In 1986, her TV show became nationally syndicated and was broadcast in 138 cities. It became the most popular daytime talk show of all time and ended in 2011. In 1996, Winfrey started her televised book club; each book she selected for her club sold more than 500,000 copies.

Besides being a media mogul, Winfrey is also a prominent philanthropist and has donated to various educational and racial causes. She is the primary benefactor of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.

Winfrey publishes O, The Oprah Magazine and has co-authored five books. Her memoir, The Life You Want, was due in 2017.

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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Failure, Fear

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people o empower themselves.
—Oprah Winfrey

Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Gratitude, Giving

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Opportunity

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Opportunity

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Relationships

Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Space

When I look into the future, it is so bright it burns my eyes.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Opportunity, The Future, Future

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Risk, Success

What I’ve learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.
—Oprah Winfrey

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Growth

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Friends, People, Relationships

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
—Oprah Winfrey

I don’t believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Failure, Fear

I am a woman in process. I’m just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Growth

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.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Dreams

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.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Dreams

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: How to Live, Letting Go

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Vision, Prophecy

I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit’s way of whispering, I’m in flux. I can’t decide for you. Something is off-balance here.”
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Choice

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.
—Oprah Winfrey

It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn—which is what life is all about.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Failure, Fear

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.
—Oprah Winfrey

I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Dreams

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Thankfulness

I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Doing

For every one of us that succeeds, it’s because there’s somebody there to show you the way out.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Cooperation, Success

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Excellence, Dreams, Racism, Xenophobia

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
—Oprah Winfrey

There’s no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Success

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Opportunity

All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Greatness

I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace — a connection to what matters.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Passion, Energy

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn’t changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I’m just wearing better shoes.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Identity, Individuality

What I know for sure is that if you want success, you can’t make success your goal. The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead work toward being significant, and the success will naturally follow.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Giving, Gratitude

When I look at the future, it’s so bright, it burns my eyes.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Moving on, Tomorrow, The Future

It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are—not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within—that you can begin to take control.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Self-Control, Discipline, Dreams

I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Relationships

The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know is that what other people do doesn’t really have any effect on me.
—Oprah Winfrey

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance—and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Dreams

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