“After the hundreds of stories I’ve heard of atrocities around the globe, I know that if you’re a woman born in the United States, you’re one of the luckiest women in the world. Take your good fortune and lift your life to its highest calling. Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You aren't your past, you are probability of your future.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
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Oprah Winfrey
“I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“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
“Some women have a weakness for shoes. i can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. ”
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Oprah Winfrey
