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“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You can have it all. Just not all at once.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Everyone wants 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.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to. ”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You get to know who you really are in a crisis.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Step Away from the Mean Girls…
…and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks.
Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.
This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the story line that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.”
― Oprah Winfrey, The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words
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“When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“To love yourself is a never-ending journey.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“In the mist of Difficulty lies Opportunity.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You aren't your past, you are probability of your future.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it. When there is no struggle, there is no strength.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The best of times is now.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“It all boils down to one thing...it is your ‘relationship’ to the source, and that relationship to that which we call God, or don’t call God, or don’t even know...is God. It is ALL that really matters...when you surrender, and stop resisting, and stop trying to change that which you cannot change, but be in the moment, be fully open to the blessings you have already received, and those that are yet to come to you, and stand in that space of gratitude, and honor, and claim that for yourself, and look at where you are, and how far you have come, and what you’ve gotten, and what you’ve accomplished, and who you are. When you can claim ‘that’, and see that, the literal vibration of your life will change. The Vibration of Your Life Will Change.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you - always.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I don't believe in failure. It's not failure if you enjoy the process.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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
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“Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“When people show you who they are ... believe them!”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Life is about becoming more of who you really are....”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.”
― Oprah Winfrey, The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words
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“We are not Human Beings experiencing spiritual lives, we are spiritual beings experiencing human lives.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. ”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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.”
― Oprah Winfrey, The Best of Oprah's What I Know For Sure
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Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time believe them. Not the 29th. time. When a man doesn't call you back the first time, when you are mistreated the first time, when someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will be followed many many other times, that will some point in life come back to haunt or hurt you. Live your life in truth. Don't pretend to be someone your not. You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Live your best life!”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that — that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The essential question is not, "How busy are you?' but 'What are you busy at?' 'Are you doing what fulfills you?”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us--the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“When you know better...You do better.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I have a special pair of poop shoes under my desk. Whenever I need to drop a deuce, I slip them on and scurry to the restroom, and no one ever knows it's me. Like, if I'm wearing Louboutins that day, and my producer sees Earth shoes in the stall....well, you get the idea. It was truly a lightbulb moment when that came to me.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Devote today to something so daring even you can't believe you're doing it.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“All pain is the same.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“I thing that god is always listening to all my prayers.and i have so many dreams in my life.thats why I`m always praying that`s someday I`m going to achieve all my dreams.”
― Oprah Winfrey, The Best of Oprah's What I Know For Sure
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“The true meaning of courage is to be afraid, and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even when that step makes sense to nobody but you. I know that’s not easy. But making a bold move is the only way to truly advance toward the grandest vision the universe has for you.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“You teach people how to treat you.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“People believe marriage will make us better.”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“Its Like Joy Rising”
― Oprah Winfrey
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“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
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