Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.

With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

I dont 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.

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.

I am a woman in process. Im just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

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.

Over the years, Ive interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that the root of every dysfunction Ive ever encountered, every problem, has been some sense of a lacking of self-value or of self-worth.

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

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.

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.

If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.

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

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

Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.

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.

Be thankful for what you have; youll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you dont have, you will never, ever have enough.

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

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.