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.
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.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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.
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. The light doesn't always necessarily have to be in your family; for me it was teachers and school.
I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
I do not believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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.
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.
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
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.
I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.
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.
It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
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.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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.
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore.
What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
In 2004, Oprah hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert with Tom Cruise.
Oprah's mother, Vernita Lee, was a housemaid, and her father, Vernon Winfrey, was a coal miner and a barber before becoming a city councilman.
Oprah has joined hands with Mitch Albom to produce a movie based on Albom's best-selling book For One More Day. The production will begin in the summer and the premiere will be in December 2007. Oprah is going to share producer responsibilities with Kate Forte.
Oprah is a partial owner of the Granite Broadcasting Coporation.
At the age of 16, Oprah went to live with her father in Nashville, TN. She became an honor student, joined drama club, and won an oratorical contest.
Oprah is scared of heights. In February 2007, Oprah revealed she has also had a fear of chewing gum since childhood.
Oprah is not very fond of shoes. Indeed; she prefers walking barefoot.
Oprah asked fashion designer Ralph Lauren to design custom-made cashmere jackets for her dogs, so they can be kept warm in the winter.
In November 2006, Oprah gave all the guests at a screening of her chat show $1300--on the condition they give it away to charity.
Oprah was #3 on the annual Forbes Magazine's Celebrity 100 list in 2006.
Oprah's 2005 net worth is $1.3 billion, according to Forbes Magazine, which makes her the richest Female Entertainer. She was the first African-American women to make the list of billionaires, in 2003.
Raised in abject poverty, Oprah received her first pair of shoes in 1959 at age 6. She learned to read at age 2?. In fact, when it was time for her to start kindergarten, she wrote a note to her teacher insisting she should be in first grade. The teacher agreed and after finishing that grade she was then skipped to third grade.
In 1999, Oprah and Stedman Graham are taught "Dynamics of Leadership" class at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Oprah graduated from Tennessee State University, with a bachelor's degree in Speech and Performing Arts.
In September 2006, Oprah began legal action to halt a campaign to get her to become the next president. Her lawyers ordered Patrick Crowe to close his website and phone line urging the public to vote for her.
Oprah’s ‘Angel Network’ received $61,600 toward its Hurricane Katrina and Rita recovery efforts, after Matthew McConaughey auctioned off his 1971 Corvette Stingray on eBay.
In 2006, Oprah landed the biggest ever non-fiction publishing deal for her new book--an exercise and diet book. She has netted more than the record $16 million advance former US President Bill Clinton received for his autobiography.
Oprah's favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Oprah produced The Color Purple on Broadway in late 2005. Oprah was in a movie of the same work in 1986.
Oprah co-founded the women's cable television network Oxygen.
Oprah was born at 7:51 PM eastern standard time.
Oprah had a baby boy when she was only 14 years old. However the baby died about two weeks later because he was two months premature.
Oprah graduated from East Nashville High School in 1971. She was voted "Most Popular" in her senior year.
Oprah is 5'6.5" tall.
Oprah, who is a Protestant Christian, once received a Bentley from John Travolta for her birthday. Like Tom Cruise, Travolta has also talked to Oprah about converting to Scientology, but she has told them both she's not interested.
Oprah's Awards and Nominations: 1971 Miss Black Tennesee 1985 Promising New Actors of 1985 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37 1986 Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nomination), The Color Purple 1994 National Women's Hall of Fame (inducted) 1996 Individual Achievement Award in the George Foster Peabody Awards 1996 Gold Medal Award from the International Radio & Television Society Foundation 1997 People's 50 Most Beautiful People 1997 Most Important Person in Books and Media (Newsweek) 1997 Television Performer of the Year (TV Guide) 1998 #1 World's Most Powerful People in Showbiz by Entertainment Weekly 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award by National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 1998 Daytime Emmy, The Oprah Winfrey Show 1999 #6 World's Most Powerful People in Showbiz by Entertainment Weekly 1999 National Book Award "Influential contribution to reading and books" 2002 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award (Emmy Awards) 2003 #1 Pop Culture Icon on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" 2003 AAP Honors Award by the Association of American Publishers 2006 Library Lion Award by The New York Public Library
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