“So long as you’re still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.” It’s true that when you summon the”
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Oprah Winfrey
“The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“We should no longer allow a mother to be defined as "just a mom". It is on her back that great nations are built. We should no longer allow any woman's voice to be drowned out or disregarded. As we affirm other women, and as we teach our sons, husbands and friends to hold them in the highest regard, we honor both the mothers whose shoulders we've stood on and the daughters who will one day stand tall on ours.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I have a special pair of poop shoes under my desk. Whenever I need to drop a deuce, I slip them on and scurry to the restroom, and no one ever knows it's me. Like, if I'm wearing Louboutins that day, and my producer sees Earth shoes in the stall....well, you get the idea. It was truly a lightbulb moment when that came to me.”
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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 would like to thank the people who've brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.”
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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
“Devote today to something so daring even you can't believe you're doing it.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?”
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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
