“If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“What I know for sure is that pleasure is energy reciprocated: What you put out comes back. Your base level of pleasure is determined by how you view your whole life.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
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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
“The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You cannot be my friend and use the N- word around me. I feel strongly about it… I always think of the millions of people who heard that as their last word as they were hanging from a tree.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell”
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Oprah Winfrey
“for everyone of us that succeeds, its because there's somebody there to show you the way out”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Delight thyself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life ask yourself What is my truest intention Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.”
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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 me the greatest success and joy.”
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Oprah Winfrey
