Oprah Winfrey Quotes

“I have read more about Oprah Winfrey’s ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear this is no exaggeration. Perhaps China is rising as an economic superpower because its women aren’t spending all their time reading about Oprah Winfrey’s ass.”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Be a Woman

“When I didn't have friends, I had books.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.”
― Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

“I was taken to an examining room where a big butch nurse practitioner came in and asked me if I was pregnant. “No way!” Was I sexually active? “Nope!” Had I ever been molested? “Well,” I said, trying to make a joke, “Oprah says the only answers to that question are ‘Yes’ and ‘I don’t remember.’ ” I laughed. We were having fun. The nurse looked at me, concerned/annoyed.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“Raped at age nine by a relative and pregnant at 14 Oprah Winfrey,
like many others have experienced the wickedness and brutality of
our society. Sadly, it’s an environment where blood lines no longer
hold.”
― Oche Otorkpa, The Unseen Terrorist

“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”
― Alm Hlgh

“You must remember that you were made so that the world might be graced with a brilliance that only YOU can display.”
― Stalina Goodwin, Dear Beautiful: 31 Days of Affirmations for Women

“Somewhere someone else’s break-through is hinging on you simply knowing that you matter. So please, remind yourself of this truth every single day.”
― Stalina Goodwin, Dear Beautiful: 31 Days of Affirmations for Women

“Other people will not always see our worth the way we wish they would. Sometimes our own loved ones won’t be able to compute our true value. That doesn’t mean you are of less value or worth. It means that they’re unable to see you for the amazing wonder that you are and that’s their loss.”
― Stalina Goodwin, Dear Beautiful: 31 Days of Affirmations for Women

“What if that One thing you're afraid of is the One thing you need, to get Your Big Breakthrough and Go to The Next Level?”
― Jeanette Coron

“Face your fears as if your life depends on it, because living in fear keeps you from living.”
― Jeanette Coron

“It's okay to Evolve and Change, and become more of who you really are. It's okay to Become More Yourself.”
― Jeanette Coron

“Oprah says that we women rush into decisions because we don't have faith that something better will ever come along. And that's how we get stuck in dissatisfying careers and marriages. Amen!”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“I'm a coffee expert. I'm not a medical expert, but I play one on TV. - on Oprah Winfrey interview”
― Kevin Sinnott, The Art and Craft of Coffee: An Enthusiast's Guide to Selecting, Roasting, and Brewing Exquisite Coffee

“Sometimes it's important to dare to dream - small or big - like Mandela, Gandhi, Winfrey, Obama, Malala and Dr King. From Einstein to Hawking - the skies no limit. From Ali to the Williams sisters - through trials and talent find the champions within. Like my mother did to raise great kids. Like the one or many who run with this. Like the unsung heroes in every city and village. Like the kind of heart and selfless healers. Like every act of kindness you ever did and received. Like the human spirit beyond class, colour and creed. Like every soul who has raised our consciousness. From one to all - love IS all we have and need.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Don’t allow anyone to shame you with your life story. Walk in your truth knowing that you are the better because of it. It is because of all the things you've been through that you are able to be who you are today.”
― Stalina Goodwin, Dear Beautiful: 31 Days of Affirmations for Women

“You will trip up and fall sometimes. It doesn't take away from how great you are. You will not always say the right thing. It doesn't revoke the light within you.”
― Stalina Goodwin, Dear Beautiful: 31 Days of Affirmations for Women

“The truth is that you may mess up a bit. Don’t panic. Relax and remember to give your best and let the chips fall where they may.”
― Stalina Goodwin

“Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Make sure that you're a woman that other women can trust!”
― Stalina Goodwin, Moments Of Beauty: Minute Affirmations For Women On The Move

“Starting is Easy. Finishing Strong; is for the Tough.”
― Jeanette Coron

“An upcoming Horizon testifies about the best toxic drainage.”
― Petra Hermans

“The world is not disturbing you, you are disturbing yourself about the world.”
― Michael Singer , The Michael Singer Podcast

“Her love of dogs goes back to her childhood growing up watching black and white television. As Oprah remembers, “I grew up in the days of Lassie – the TV show about a boy [Timmy] and his dog. On the episodes when Lassie would go missing, I would actually get on my knees and pray for Lassie’s return. Not until several years ago – while visiting the set of Desperate Housewives and seeing the house where Timmy and Lassie lived, which is the same neighborhood – did it hit me. Lassie was never lost. It was the scriptwriters and producers’ ode to May sweeps. - Oprah Winfrey in the essay A Dog Like Lassie”
― William Secord, The American Dog at Home: The Dog Portraits of Christine Merrill

“It’s how I relax. Meditate. Rejuvenate. Being with my dogs is putting spirituality into practice. I am fully ‘Present’ with them. And will never have a life without one or two or five or seven roaming ‘INSIDE this house’.” - Oprah Winfrey in the essay A Dog Like Lassie”
― William Secord, The American Dog at Home: The Dog Portraits of Christine Merrill

“Black women - the world knows that we are strong because our strength is legendary. We are Harriet Tubman, Michelle Obama, and Rosa Parks. We are Oprah Winfrey, Nanny, and Mae Jameson. We are Shirley Chisholm, Portia Simpson and Maya Angelou. We have birthed a nation, rescued slaves, built empires, traveled to space and written our place in history. Survival is not enough; we were built to rise.”
― Janet Autherine, The Heart and Soul of Black Women: Poems of Love, Struggle and Resilience

“Meghan, said Oprah, had been the target of ‘constant criticism [and] blatant sexist and racist remarks by British tabloids’. As she spoke, the screen was covered by a spread of apparently racist headlines in the Daily Mail and other British newspapers. The word ‘niggling’ was highlighted as causing offence, although critics noted the sixteenth-century Scandinavian origin of the word has no connection to race.”
― Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors