Oprah Winfrey quotes

“I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“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.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

“The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

“I always knew I was destined for greatness.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

“It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“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.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“I'm not even kind of a lesbian.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

— Oprah Winfrey

“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.”

— Oprah Winfrey