250+ Oprah Winfrey Quotes and Sayings

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Oprah Winfrey Quotes

• Turn your wounds into wisdom. ― Oprah Winfrey
• Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. ― Oprah Winfrey
• Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ― Oprah Winfrey
• When people show you who they are … believe them! ― Oprah Winfrey
• Anything you can imagine, you can create. ― Oprah Winfrey
• Go ahead, fall down. The world looks different from the ground. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. ― Oprah Winfrey

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are. ― Oprah Winfrey

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

You can have it all. Just not all at once. ― Oprah Winfrey

If you are still breathing, you have a second chance. ― Oprah Winfrey

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

Move with the flow. Don’t fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don’t try to carry it. ― Oprah Winfrey-Oprah Winfrey

We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are. ― 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

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

One of the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn. ― Oprah Winfrey

If you don’t heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

Listen to the rhythm of your own calling and follow that. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe. ― Oprah Winfrey

You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

Everybody has a story. And there is something to be learned from every experience. ― Oprah Winfrey

The reason I’ve been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money. ― Oprah Winfrey

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. ― Oprah Winfrey

The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day. ― 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

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

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb. ― Oprah Winfrey

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. ― Oprah Winfrey

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives. ― Oprah Winfrey

Use your life to serve the world, and you will find that is also serves you. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

Nobody’s journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It’s just life’s way of saying ‘Time to change course.’ ― Oprah Winfrey

Failure is a great teacher. If you’re open to it every mistake has a lesson to offer. ― Oprah Winfrey

You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself. ― Oprah Winfrey

Learn from every mistake, because every experience, particularly your mistakes, are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

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

So, go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground. ― Oprah Winfrey

I don’t believe in failure. It’s not failure if you enjoy the process. ― Oprah Winfrey

Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. ― Oprah Winfrey

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it. ― Oprah Winfrey

All my life I have wanted to lead people an empathy space. To a gratitude space. I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling and summon the courage to live it. ― Oprah Winfrey

Everybody has a calling. And your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you were meant to be, and to begin to honor that in the best way possible for yourself. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up the power and energy that’s greater than yourself. ― Oprah Winfrey

If you’re sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life. ― Oprah Winfrey

Follow your instincts. That is where true wisdom manifests itself. ― Oprah Winfrey

Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life. ― Oprah Winfrey

You cannot hate other people without hating yourself. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the doorbell. ― Oprah Winfrey

The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to. ― Oprah Winfrey

Whatever you fear the most has no power, it is your fear that has no power. ― Oprah Winfrey

I would like to thank the people who’ve brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers. ― Oprah Winfrey

Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life. ― Oprah Winfrey

Wherever you are in your journey, I hope you, too, will keep encountering challenges. It is a blessing to be able to survive them, to be able to keep putting one foot in front of the other—to be in a position to make the climb up life’s mountain, knowing that the summit still lies ahead. And every experience is a valuable teacher. ― Oprah Winfrey

The way through the challenge is to get still, and ask yourself: What is the next right move? ― Oprah Winfrey

Balance lives in the present. The surest way to lose your footing is to focus on what dreadful things might happen. ― Oprah Winfrey

The truth is I have from the very beginning listened to my instincts. All of my best decisions in life have come because I was attuned to what really felt like the next right move for me. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out and live fully. ― Oprah Winfrey

Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you. ― Oprah Winfrey

I don’t believe in failure. Failure is just information and an opportunity to change your course. ― Oprah Winfrey

You need to dream a bigger dream for yourself. That is the lesson. Hold the highest vision possible for your life and it can come true. ― Oprah Winfrey

There is a flow with your name on it. your job is to find it and let it carry you to the next level. ― Oprah Winfrey

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. ― Oprah Winfrey

It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you – always. ― Oprah Winfrey

The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around. ― Oprah Winfrey

The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. ― Oprah Winfrey

Trust that everything happens for a reason, even when you’re not wise enough to see it. ― Oprah Winfrey

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. – Oprah Winfrey

Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself. ― Oprah Winfrey

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly. – Oprah Winfrey

No experience is ever wasted. Everything has meaning. ― Oprah Winfrey

Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don’t feel worthy once they have them. – Oprah Winfrey

The choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself. ― Oprah Winfrey

I don’t want anyone who doesn’t want me. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

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

I believe that one of life’s greatest risks is never daring to risk. ― Oprah Winfrey

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. ― Oprah Winfrey

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. ― Oprah Winfrey

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier. ― Oprah Winfrey

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. ― Oprah Winfrey

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

You have to know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world. ― Oprah Winfrey