Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

"You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

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

"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment."

"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."

"You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it."

"Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have."

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

"Be thankful for what you have you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

"Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism."

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

"I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life."

"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."

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

"The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me."

"It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control."

"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."

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

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

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

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right."

"The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free."

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."

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

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

"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."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

"I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes."

"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."

"When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."

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

"Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself."

"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."

"I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process."

"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."