Quotes By Oprah Winfrey

Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.

Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward.

Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.

I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.

What I know for sure is that there is no strength without challenge, adversity, resistance, and often pain.

I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.

It's great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn't great is lying to you.

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.

We need to deprogram ourselves. I know for sure that you can't give what you don't have. If you allow yourself to be depleted to the point where your emotional and spiritual tank is empty and you're running on fumes of habit, everybody loses. Especially you.

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life.

Every decision, setback, or triumph is an opportunity to identify the seeds of truth that make you the wondrous human being you are.

Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It's the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to effect change in your life - this I know.

If you can survive 11 days in cramped quarters with a friend and come out laughing, your friendship is the real deal. I know ours is [with Gayle King].

Well, I don't call you an atheist then. I think if you believe in the awe and the wonder and the mystery, then that is what God is. That is what God is, not the bearded guy in the sky.

I am so honored to have been asked to speak on tonight's theme about what matters most to me, to you, and all of us Americans: freedom. There are people who want you to see our country as a nation of "us against them". People who want to scare you, who want to rule you.

Despite what some would have you think, we are not so different from our neighbors. When a house is on fire, we don't ask about the homeowner's race or religion. We don't wonder who their partner is or how they voted. No, we just try to do the best we can to save them. And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too.

We wish our brothers and sisters well, and we pray for peace. We know all the old tricks and tropes that are designed to distract us from what actually matters, but we are beyond ridiculous tweets and lies and foolery. These are complicated times, people, and they require adult conversation. And I welcome those conversations because civilized debate is vital to democracy, and it is the best of America.