Oprah Winfrey Quotes

When you’re the most successful person in your family, in your neighborhood, and in your town, everybody thinks you’re the First National Bank, and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

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

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

Let excellence be your brand… When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you’re doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

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

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

I always feel that until you take your last breath, you’re always growing.

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.

Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I’m not willing to go.

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.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.