Quotes oleh Oprah Winfrey

- Whatever you fear most has no power.. it is your fear that has the power.

- 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.

- I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

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

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

- 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.

- We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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

- 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.

- The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?" "Are you doing what fulfills you?"

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

- 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.

- It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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 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.