Oprah Winfrey Life Quotations

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.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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

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.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

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

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.

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.

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.

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

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

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

Mattie lived the biggest, greatest life of anyone I've ever known. He lived his life with the light of love, and each of us has the power to do that in our own way.

Every show you'll see here holds such profound meaning for me, ... I appreciate every hour our viewers spent watching us grow forward and now, through this DVD Collection, I can give back to the world by using its proceeds and the next twenty seasons of my life for what I know is my true calling -- to be of service to women, children and families in need around the world.

After this trip I know these kids went home with happy memories to last a life time.

changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of so many other people in the world.

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience.

The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Your life is big. Keep reaching.

I've always known that life is better when you share it. I now realize it gets even sweeter when you expand the circle.

It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

Every choice gives you a chance to pave your own road. Keep moving. Full speed ahead

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

Every choice in life either moves you forward or keeps you stuck.

The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.

The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow...

The best of times is now.

No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.

I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.

Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.

Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.

Our beliefs can move us forward in life, or they can hold us back.

Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.

All of life is energy and we are transmitting it at every moment.

I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.

Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks

Keeping a journal will change your life in ways that you'd never imagine.

Don't live your life to please other people.

Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.

No experience is ever wasted. Everything has meaning.

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.

One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.

Life is about becoming more of who you really are....

The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away,If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay. Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that's not meant to be. Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy..!

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream

Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.

The work of your life is to discover your purpose and get on with the business of living it out.

Life is better when you share it.

Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.

There are no mistakes in life!

Your life is a reflection of how you think

Tithe in kind where your spirit is fed.

Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.

Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

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

Be loving to yourself and others will see that love reciprocated. This rule works every time

Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully

Wherever you are in life, look at your beliefs. They put you there

If this was the last day of your life, would you spend it the way you're spending today?

You have the RIGHT to change your mind

I've always believed free will is a birthright. God even allows us to choose whether to be led by the divine order

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter who or where you are.

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

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

Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that — that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else.

When your life is on course with it’s purpose, you are your most powerful.

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

Failure is just a way for our lives to show us we're moving in the wrong direction, that we should try something different

All trials force the question, Who are you really? And you must trust yourself to answer

I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.

Just being born makes you worthy enough to be here

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it

I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call it sensational, but I say life is sensational.

That's what life is: an open door to all that is possible. And that's a powerful thing.

Life is a big ol' canvas. And you have every combination of colors to paint with.

Let not one single life have passed in vain. What really matters is who you love and how you love.

You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.

You are here to do something you are uniquely created for. No one else can do it like you can, that's why you're here

I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally

Live life and take chances. Believe that everything happens for a reason and don't regret. Love to the fullest and you will find true happiness in life. Realize that things go wrong and people change, but things do go on. Sometimes things weren't meant to be. What is supposed to happen will work its way out.

What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you

You only have power in your energy field ... so the only way to live the life you want is in your energy field ... and your greatest power is love.

Failures can be God's little whispers (or) a full earthquake in our lives because we didn't listen to the whispers

When I learn something, when I know something, when I find something. I always want to share it. Because life is better when you share it.

If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course

I don't believe in luck. Luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.

Nothing happens until you decide.

I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect.