Oprah Winfrey Quotes

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.’

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Whatever you fear most has no power over you; it is the fear itself that has the power.

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.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

You become what you believe.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day in which you were grateful.

The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.

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.

Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.

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

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Doubt means don’t. Don’t move. Don’t answer. Don’t rush forward.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

The more you understand your worth, the less you’ll settle for others who don’t.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you’re responsible for the energy that you bring to others.

You get to make a life. You get to decide who you are and what you want.

Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It’s what you know. Only you can make that happen.

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.

The greatest gift you can give yourself is time and space to be more fully present.

You don’t have to hold yourself hostage to who you used to be or anything you ever used to do. Who has the power to punish you for your past but you?

No matter where you are on your journey, that’s exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.

When you take the time to look at yourself and love yourself, your life becomes so much better.

What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have.

The more you read, the more you know, the better you’ll do out there in the world.

The more you understand who you are, the more control you have over your own life.

You can’t move forward in your life until you fully appreciate what you have been through.

Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

Your job is to fill your own cup so you can overflow into others.

You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

The key to life is to let your feelings flow through your body until they eventually dissipate.

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you can illuminate the world.

You can’t convince anyone of anything. You just have to live what you know.