“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
~Maya Angelou
Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time believe them. Not the 29th. time. When a man doesn't call you back the first time, when you are mistreated the first time, when someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will be followed many many other times, that will some point in life come back to haunt or hurt you. Live your life in truth. Don't pretend to be someone you're not. You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“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.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Forgiveness is.... giving up the hope that you can change the past.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“«The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they make the best of everything.»”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself; when you're aware of all you have”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”
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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
“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
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Here's the gift of gratitude: In order to feel it, your ego has to take a backseat. What shows up in its place is greater compassion and understanding. Instead of being frustrated, you choose appreciation. And the more grateful you become , the more you have to be grateful for.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.”
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Oprah Winfrey
