Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Oprah Winfrey Biography : Talk Show Host, Actress & Pioneer (The Oprah Winfrey Show)
Famous for : Coming from an abusive upbringing to be one of Americas most wealthy and successful women. Pioneering the talk show program with her "Oprah Winfrey Show".
Winfrey details : Born - USA January 29, 1954 Lives - USA



Whatever you fear most has no power.. it is your fear that has the power.
Oprah Winfrey - Power - Fear

What I know for sure is that behind every catastrophe, there are great lessons to be learned. Among the many that we as a country need to get is that as long as we play the "us and them" game, we don't evolve as people, as a nation, as a planet.
Oprah Winfrey - Partnership - Learning

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey - Opportunity - Luck

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
Oprah Winfrey - Work - Happiness - Success

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
Oprah Winfrey - Work - Money - Success

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.
Oprah Winfrey - Life - Decisions - Money

We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore.
Oprah Winfrey - Stress - Self Help - Self Control

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.
Oprah Winfrey - Life - Success - Money

I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.
Oprah Winfrey - Life - Knowledge - Poverty - Encouragement - Self Control

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
Oprah Winfrey - Life - Philanthropy

I can't deny that Jerry Springer supposedly beating us didn't affect me. There was a point where I felt like, Golly, you work so hard, you try so hard and the people say they want meaningful television and then Jerry Springer ends up beating you. It was disturbing.
Oprah Winfrey - Work - Competition

The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?" "Are you doing what fulfills you?"
Oprah Winfrey - Work - Questions

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
Oprah Winfrey - Decisions - Power - Action

One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do because a lot of times you feel like you are pressed against the wall, and you've got to make a decision. You never have to do anything. Don't know what to do? Do nothing.
Oprah Winfrey - Decisions - Learning - Action

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
Oprah Winfrey - Success - Strength - Self Help - Self Control

I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.
Oprah Winfrey - Encouragement - Happiness - Technology

I didn't want to say "No" because I didn't want people to think I'm not nice. And that, to me, has been the greatest lesson of my life: to recognize that I am solely responsible for it, and not trying to please other people, and not living my life to please other people, but doing what my heart says all the time.
Oprah Winfrey - Responsibility - Life - Self Help

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey - Responsibility - Encouragement - Life

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.
Oprah Winfrey - Responsibility - Motivational - Self Help - Rich - Poverty

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.
Oprah Winfrey - Rich - Change

The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know is that what other people do doesn't really have any effect on me.
Oprah Winfrey - Self Help - Thinking

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
Oprah Winfrey - Encouragement - Life - Work - Goals

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.
Oprah Winfrey - Friendship - Rich

I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them.. there's only us.
Oprah Winfrey - Encouragement - Motivational - Fear - Philanthropy

Stephen Covey Quotes

• Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
  

  
  

• Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it--immediately.
  

  
  

• Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom. The power to choose, to respond, to change.
  

  
  

• Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
  

  
  

• If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
  

  
  

• Live out of your imagination, not your history.
  

  
  

• Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?...True effectiveness requires balance.
  

  
  

• Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
  

  
  

• Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
  

  
  

• Management works in the system. Leadership works on the system.
  

  
  

• Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
  

  
  

• One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.
  

  
  

• Begin with the end in mind.
  

  
  

• Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
  

  
  

• Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or as we are conditioned to see it.
  

Oprah Winfrey Biography

Oprah Winfrey
Entertainment Executive
Date of birth: January 29, 1954

Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was reared by her grandmother on a farm where she "began her broadcasting career" by learning to read aloud and perform recitations at the age of three. From age six to 13, she lived in Milwaukee with her mother. After suffering abuse and molestation, she ran away and was sent to a juvenile detention home at the age of 13, only to be denied admission because all the beds were filled. As a last resort, she was sent to Nashville to live under her father's strict discipline. Vernon Winfrey saw to it that his daughter met a midnight curfew, and he required her to read a book and write a book report each week. "As strict as he was," says Oprah, "he had some concerns about me making the best of my life, and would not accept anything less than what he thought was my best."

Oprah Winfrey's broadcasting career began at age 17, when she was hired by WVOL radio in Nashville, and two years later signed on with WTVF-TV in Nashville as a reporter/anchor. She attended Tennessee State University, where she majored in Speech Communications and Performing Arts.

In 1976, she moved to Baltimore to join WJZ-TV news as a co-anchor, and in 1978 discovered her talent for hosting talk shows when she became co-host of WJZ-TV's "People Are Talking," while continuing to serve as anchor and news reporter.

In January 1984, she came to Chicago to host WLS-TV's "AM Chicago," a faltering local talk show. In less than a year, she turned "AM Chicago" into the hottest show in town. The format was soon expanded to one hour, and in September 1985 it was renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

Seen nationally since September 8, 1986, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" became the number one talk show in national syndication in less than a year. In June 1987, in its first year of eligibility, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" received three Daytime Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Host, Outstanding Talk/Service Program and Outstanding Direction. In June 1988, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" received its second consecutive Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Talk/Service Program, and she herself received the International Radio and Television Society's "Broadcaster of the Year" Award. She was the youngest person and only the fifth woman ever to receive the honor in IRTS's 25-year history.

Before America fell in love with Oprah Winfrey the talk show host, she captured the nation's attention with her poignant portrayal of Sofia in Steven Spielberg's 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple. Winfrey's performance earned her nominations for an Oscar and Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress. Critics again lauded her performance in Native Son, a movie adaptation of Richard Wright's classic 1940 novel.

Her love of acting and her desire to bring quality entertainment projects into production prompted her to form her own production company, HARPO Productions, Inc., in 1986. Today, HARPO is a formidable force in film and television production. Based in Chicago, HARPO Entertainment Group includes HARPO Productions, Inc., HARPO Films and HARPO Video, Inc. In October, 1988, HARPO Productions, Inc. acquired ownership and all production responsibilities for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" from Capitol Cities/ABC, making Oprah Winfrey the first woman in history to own and produce her own talk show. The following year, HARPO produced it first television miniseries, the The Women of Brewster Place, with Oprah Winfrey as star and Executive Producer. It has been followed by the TV movies There Are No Children Here (1993), and Before Women Had Wings(1997), which she both produced and appeared in. In 1998, she starred in the feature film Beloved, from the book by the Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison.

In 1991, motivated in part by her own memories of childhood abuse, she initiated a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers, and testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of a National Child Protection Act. President Clinton signed the "Oprah Bill" into law in 1993, establishing the national database she had sought, which is now available to law enforcement agencies and concerned parties across the country.

Oprah Winfrey was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century by Time magazine, and in 1998 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her influence extended to the publishing industry when she began an on-air book club. Oprah Book Club selections became instant bestsellers, and in 1999 she was presented with the National Book Foundation's 50th anniversary gold medal for her service to books and authors.

She is one of the partners in Oxygen Media, Inc., a cable channel and interactive network presenting programming designed primarily for women. In 2000, Oprah's Angel Network began presenting a $100,000 "Use Your Life Award" to people who are using their lives to improve the lives of others. When Forbes magazine published its list of America's billionaires for the year 2003, it disclosed that Oprah Winfrey was the first African-American woman to become a billionaire.

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Stephen R. Covey Biography

Stephen R. Covey Biography : Author and Public Speaker
Famous for : The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Covey details : Born - United States of America October 24, 1932 Lives - USA


Stephen Covey is the motivational author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and cofounder of the New York Stock Exchange listed company FranklinCovey, that provides businesses with leadership training and productivity tools. His books focus on leadership, management, productivity in the workplace, and the values of family and a happy home life.

Stephen R. Covey was born on October 24, 1932 in Utah, USA. He studied at the University of Utah, received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Harvard University, and a Doctorate degree from the Brigham Young University. Covey also worked as a professor of business management and organizational behavior at Brigham Young University.

"I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price that must be paid. It's a real struggle to do it. It requires visualization and affirmation. It involves living a life of integrity, starting with making and keeping promises, until the whole human personality the senses, the thinking, the feeling, and the intuition are ultimately integrated and harmonized." Stephen Covey Quote

Stephen Covey was inspired by a life changing paragraph that he read while spending time with his family in Oahu, Hawaii. The idea that changed his life stated "that there is a space between any stimulus and the response to it. The key to our growth and happiness is how we use that space". Covey was struck by the simplicity of the paragraph and experienced an "inward revolution".

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was first published back in 1990. The influential best-selling book covered issues of business and life management, encouraging proactive improvements in both family and professional life. Forbes business magazine called it one of the top 10 most influential business management books ever, Chief Executive Magazine named it one of the two most influential business books of the 20th Century, and the audio version of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is the best selling nonfiction audio-book in history.

"Actually I did not invent the seven habits, they are universal principles and most of what I wrote about is just common sense. I am embarrassed when people talk about the Covey Habits, and dislike the idea of being some sort of guru." Stephen Covey Quote

Other published books by Stephen Covey include "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families", "The Nature of Leadership", "Living the 7 Habits: Stories of Courage and Inspiration" and "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness".

He is the cofounder and Vice Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange listed company FranklinCovey (NYSE:FC). The educational organization aims to improve the lives of individuals and organizations with coaching, corporate training, public workshops and assessment services. Franklin-Covey has offices in 123 countries, with more than 110 retail stores.

Stephen Covey is happily married to his wife Sandra of nearly 50 years. The couple have 9 children together. In 2003 he won the National Fatherhood Award, which Covey said was the "most meaningful" award he had ever received.




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Biography of Helen Keller

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The story of Helen Keller is the story of a normal child who, at the age of 18 months, was suddenly shut off from the world but, against overwhelming odds, waged a slow, hard but successful battle to re-enter that same world. The child grew into a highly intelligent and sensitive woman who wrote, spoke and labored incessantly for the betterment of others.

Helen was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. However, her real life began one day in March of 1887, when she was almost seven years old. She was always to call that the most important day I can remember in my life. It was the day when Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old graduate of the Perkins School for the Blind, came to be her teacher. They were inseparable until Annie’s death in 1936.

Even as a little girl Helen expressed a desire to go to college. In 1900, she entered Radcliffe College and graduated from there cum laude in 1904. She thus became the first deaf-blind person to graduate from college. Throughout these years, Annie Sullivan laboriously spelled books and lectures into her pupil's hand.

While still at Radcliffe, Helen Keller began the writing career, which was to continue for 50 years. In addition to The Story of My Life, she wrote 11 other books and numerous articles on blindness, deafness, social issues and women's rights.

Despite the broad range of her interests, Helen Keller never lost sight of the needs of others who were blind and deaf-blind. She was a personal friend of Dr. Peter J. Salmon, Executive Director of Helen Keller Services for the Blind (then known as the Industrial Home for the Blind) and lent her support to the establishment of what has become known as the Helen Keller National Center for the Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. She was a visitor to a number of facilities and programs operated by IHB.

In 1936, Helen Keller moved to Westport, Connecticut, where she lived until her death on June 1, 1968, at the age of 87. In his eulogy at her funeral, Senator Lister Hill said of her, "She will live on, one of the few, immortal names not born to die. Her spirit will endure as long as man can read and stories can be told of the woman who showed the world there are no boundaries to courage and faith."