Zitat des Tages von 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.
If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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.
To me, the money is - it's certainly a wonderful thing. But it is in direct proportion to how you're able to bless yourself and bless others with it.
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.
You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.
Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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.
Over the years, I've interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that the root of every dysfunction I've ever encountered, every problem, has been some sense of a lacking of self-value or of self-worth.
If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
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.
So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school, and our life the classrooms.
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.
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.
I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.