“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
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.”
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.” 
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ”
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                                
                            
                                
“Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.” 
                            
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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
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“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
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell”
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.”
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“We go through life discovering the truth about who we are and determining who has earned the right to share the space within our heart. And now I simply want to share what I've been given. I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my heart is what has brought memory greatest success and joy.”
                            
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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
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.”
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“You get to know who you really are in a crisis.” 
                            
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                                Oprah Winfrey