“You can only be as happy as your saddest child.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it. When there is no struggle, there is no strength.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“When the talk about my troubles was loudest, I did the thing I've always spoken of most . I got still and listened for the answer to What is this here to teach me? The answer, first and foremost? Lay your ego down. Step out of your ego so you can recognize the truth. As soon as I did that, I was able to see the role I had played in creating "my circumstances," without blaming other people. And -- bingo! -- I realized that all the noise about my struggle was a reflection of my personal angst and fear.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“When you know something, really know something, it tends to stand the test of time.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“When you make loving others the story of your life, there's never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another. And I know for sure that in the final analysis of our lives- when the to-do lists are no more, when the frenzy is finished, when our e-mail inboxes are empty- the only thing that will have any lasting value is whether we've loved others and whether they've loved us.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream”
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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
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."
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Oprah Winfrey
“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay”
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Oprah Winfrey
“The secret is authenticity. The reason people fail is because they’re pretending to be something they’re not.”
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Oprah Winfrey
