Oprah Winfrey Giving Quotations

You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it.

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.

I live in a space of thankfulness- And I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for the small things, and more thankful I become, the more my bounty increased, that's because what you focus on expands and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?

To move forward you have to give back.

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

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.

Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.

It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you

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.

Don't waste your time in the race looking back to see what the other guy is doing. It's not about the other guy. It's about what can you do. You just need to run that race as hard as you can. You need to give it everything you've got, all the time, for yourself.

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.

We're all here to figure out how to best give ourselves away.

Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life's greatest reward and life's greatest adventure.

If you don't give something back when you get, you don't keep.

That's really what wealth does for you. It gives you freedom to make choices.

Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.

When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion

Never give up your power to another person.

You get from the world what you give to the world.

You have a gift that only you can give the world - that's the whole reason you're on the planet. Use your precious energy to build a magnificent life that really is attainable. The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.

When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving!

Make yourself a priority. Fill yourself up so that you can give more to others.

God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you, than you could ever dream for yourself. When you've worked as hard and done as much and strived and tried and given and pled and bargained and hoped... Surrender. When you have done all that you can do, and there's nothing left for you to do, give it up. Give it up to that thing that is greater than yourself, and let it then become a part of the flow.

Making a Different Choice Gives You the Opportunity to Live a Different Life.

These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away!

I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased

It doen't matter what you've been through, where you come from... none of that matters. What matters is how you choose to love, how you choose to express that love through your work, through your family, through what you have to give to the world...

Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?

I really believe when you give to other people, you give to yourself.

Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.

I grew up in the Baptist Church, and going to church with my father; I remember being 8 years old, trying to determine whether I was really ready to give up sin, and for days I agonized.