Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes 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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We are each responsible for our own life — no other person is or even can be.
—Oprah Winfrey

I don’t think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Identity, Belief, Individuality, Responsibility

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

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

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Failure, Fear

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become…Become the change you want to see – those are words I live by.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Dreams

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

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

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Identity, Individuality

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Feelings, Energy, Passion

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Fear, Failure

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Fear, Failure

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Choice

What we’re all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Identity, Individuality

You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Possibilities, Dreams

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.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Passion, Energy

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

Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
—Oprah Winfrey

I don’t think you ever stop giving. I really don’t. I think it’s an on-going process. And it’s not just about being able to write a check. It’s being able to touch somebody’s life.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Giving, Gratitude

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Fear, Failure

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

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

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Fame, Individuality, Identity

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody is going to know whether you did it or not.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Integrity, Choice

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

You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Moving on

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

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

Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.
—Oprah Winfrey
Topics: Letting Go

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

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