Oprah Winfrey Quotes

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.

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.

I was raised to believe that excellence,

is the best deterrent to racism or sexism,

And that's how I operate my life.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

You know you are on the road to success,

if you would do your job,

and not be paid for it.

When I look into the future,

it's so bright it burns my eyes.

I don't believe in failure.

It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

You CAN have it all.

You just can't have it all at once.

The challenge of life I have found,

is to build a resume that doesn't simply,

tell a story about what you want to be,

but it's a story about who you want to be.

Every day,

you're only as good as your last show.

You can either see yourself as a wave,

in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

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.

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 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.

Whatever has happened to you in your past,

has no power over this present moment,

because life is now.

I believe that every single event in life

happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The whole point of being alive

is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Being human means you will make mistakes.

And you will make mistakes,

because failure is God's way of,

moving you in another direction.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.