Oprah Winfrey Quotes

If you're constantly pushing yourself higher,

higher, the law of averages

not to mention the myth of Icarus

predicts that you will at some point fall.

And when you do,

I want you to know this,

remember this: There is no such thing as failure.

Love somebody.

Just one person.

And then spread that to two.

And as many as you can.

You'll see the difference it makes.

I try to basically keep my opinions to myself

when it comes to people who are charged with crimes

that I don't know anything about.

Look at how hard it was to get to where I am.

It doesn't make sense to give it up.

I always feel that until you take your last breath,

you're always growing.

When you're the most successful person in your family,

in your neighborhood,

and in your town,

everybody thinks you're the First National Bank,

and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.

I had become so accustomed to succeeding

that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail.

Acting is about going into the space,

and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.

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.

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato

and someone to share it with.

For everyone of us that succeeds,

it's because there's somebody,

there to show you the way out.

The goal of my shows,

my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it,

whatever ventures I might pursue,

would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far

more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

That's the gift that a mother can give,

to make everyone feel like they are the special one.

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.

No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe,

it is both possible and, more importantly,

it becomes powerful to come together in

common purpose and common effort.

Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.

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.

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth.

The more you spend it,

the more you gain.

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 does not matter how you came into the world,

what matters is that you are here.