Quotes By Oprah Winfrey

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

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

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

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

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

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.

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

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

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

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.

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

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 don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.

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

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.

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

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.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

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

It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.

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.