“What I know for sure: There is no need to struggle with your body when you can make a loving and grateful peace with it.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Delight thyself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Here’s how I see your weight—it is your smoke detector. And we’re all burning up the best part of our lives.” I’d never thought of it that way before, but it was a true aha moment. My weight was an indicator warning, a flashing light blaring my disconnection from the center of myself.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction”
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Oprah Winfrey
“One of the most important questions a woman can ask herself: What do I really want-and what is my spirit telling me is the best way to proceed?”
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Oprah Winfrey
“The essential question is not, "How busy are you?' but 'What are you busy at?' 'Are you doing what fulfills you?”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.”
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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
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.”
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Oprah Winfrey
