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