Oprah Winfrey

On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll just create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if you don't have time to enjoy it.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.

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

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

You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.

Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint—and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

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.

If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.

The great courageous act that we must all do is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.

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

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

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 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.

With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

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.

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

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

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

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

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

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

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

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 wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

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

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.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.