Oprah Winfrey Quotes (145 Quotes)

To be sure, some of the excitement had seeped out of the club by the end. Where initially, an Oprah logo could add a million copies to a book's sales, by the end the figure was more like 600,000. Some people who considered themselves

I hope you know how much I loved your mother.

It has become harder and harder to find books on a monthly basis that I feel absolutely compelled to share, ... I will continue featuring books on the 'Oprah Winfrey Show' when I feel they merit my heartfelt recommendation.

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

I remember getting out of the cab and hearing an incredibly loud whistle,

You cannot hate other people without hating your self

Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

You said, 'I'm going to be on your show,' and I was more interested in the car. People say that to me all the time - they say, 'Hey Oprah, I just wrote a book,' or 'I'm a singer,' but you're the first person who ever made that true.

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.

We shall not be moved. We're here, thousands strong in Yankee Stadium, to say to the world hope lives, prayer lives, love lives.

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.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Devote today to something so daring even you cant believe youre doing it.

This country owes these people an apology. This should not have happened.

Ive learned not to worry about what might come next.

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

I was sitting at home feeling frustrated and useless, like so many other people, so I came down to personally assess how I could best be of service.

The underlying message of redemption in James Frey's memoir still resonates with me and I know it resonates with millions of other people who have read this book and will continue to read this book.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

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.

This was not the first attack, oh no, because he has a long record of sex crimes against children dating back 25 years and yet he was out walking the streets.

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.

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

My dream would be that she would think that's funny. There is a part of me that loves her and I watch her show every day.

passports to new and exciting worlds... and I know that I would not be the person I am today had it not been for my love of reading.

I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C. J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge.

It was anarchy inside that building, ... gangs banded together and had more ammunition, at times, than the police.

I regret that phone call. I made a mistake and I left the impression that the truth does not matter. And I am deeply sorry about that.

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

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

I hope... to open the door to the possibilities for a world of people who have never been or even thought of going to a Broadway show.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

God Can Dream a Bigger Dream for you... far Beyond anything You could ever Imagine

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

All you have to do is tell the truth and come clean for your sake and the sake of all of use who so believed in you. Maybe this is the beginning of another kind of truth for you.

Viewers get glimpses of Banks' personality on Model , although she admits that in the tense elimination scenes she's playing a little bit of a character. ... She told me, 'People are going to feel like they know you because you're on TV every single day. This is a whole different life, so get ready for it.'

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

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.

I'm not even kind of a lesbian.

When it comes to what happened, and didn't have to happen, to children, it's pretty overwhelming, ... It makes me so mad. This makes me mad This should not have happened.

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Every day's a kick.

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

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

If I had a dollar for every self-help book that was sent my way, I could have probably paid for this studio,

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

I would not be standing here today, nor standing where I stand every day, had she not chosen to sit down. I know that.

That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.