“The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us--the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I know for sure that you cannot give to everyone else and not give back to yourself. You will end up empty, or at best, less than what you can be for yourself and your family and your work. Replenish the well of yourself, for yourself.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
~Maya Angelou
Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time believe them. Not the 29th. time. When a man doesn't call you back the first time, when you are mistreated the first time, when someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will be followed many many other times, that will some point in life come back to haunt or hurt you. Live your life in truth. Don't pretend to be someone you're not. You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Devote today to something so daring even you can't believe you're doing it.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“When the universe compels me toward the best path to take, it never leaves me with "maybe," "should I," or even "perhaps." I always know for sure when it's telling me to proceed - because everything inside me rises up to reverberate "YES!”
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Oprah Winfrey
“When we hold secrets it creates shame, and shame is a great barrier to success. When you carry the shame you do not allow yourself to fulfill your greatest potential, you do not honour the truth of yourself, you do not honour your highest self. When you let go of the secret, only then you live to your greatest potential.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Know what sparks the light in you. Then use that light to illuminate the world.”
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Oprah Winfrey
