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Oprah Winfrey Quotes - Page 12

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What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less, but to blossom into more. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.

What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less, but to blossom into more. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.

Use, Moments, Built

FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Dec 12, 2011

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Life, Positive, Inspiring

So, that is my final lesson from the universe - you just do what you need to do, and stay on track.

Spiritual, Track, Finals

Your life is big. Keep reaching.

Life Is, Reaching, Bigs

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

Inspirational, Success, Self Esteem

We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.

Real, Breathing, Community

"What Oprah Knows For Sure About Finding Your Calling" By Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.

Self Esteem, Mean, Color

"Shaun Robinson Opens Up About Book ‘Exactly As I Am’". Interview with Jenny Schafer, celebritybabyscoop.com. February 10, 2010.

We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be.

Responsible, Persons

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.

Happiness, Thankful, Gratitude

I hear people say all the time, "I'm not really religious, but I consider myself spiritual." I definitely have always been spiritual, being raised by my grandmother on that little acre in Mississippi, indoctrinated, born into the church and the ways of the church.

Spiritual, Religious, Grandmother

Source: www.aarp.org

When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving!

Giving Up, Inspirational Life, Giving In

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Happy

Live from the heart of yourself

Heart

Do what you want to do, when you want to do it ... and not a moment sooner.

Retirement, Live In The Moment, Want

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

Education, Book, Reading

I live in a space of thankfulness- And I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for the small things, and more thankful I become, the more my bounty increased, that's because what you focus on expands and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

Space, Giving, Focus

I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.

Inspirational, Being Yourself, Self Esteem

Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.166, Macmillan

I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life's bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right.

Faith, Divine Order, Ebb And Flow

We have to steer our true life’s course. Whatever your calling is in life! The whole purpose of being here is to figure out what that is as soon as possible, so you go about the business of being on track, of not being owned by what your mother said, what society said, whatever people think a woman is supposed to be when you can exceed other people’s expectations and be defined by your own!

Mother, Thinking, Expectations

Declare today "sacred timeoff limits to everyone, unless invited by you. Take care of your personal wants and needs. Say no, graciously but firmly, to others' demands."

Inspirational, Needs, Demand

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Positive, Wisdom, Famous Inspirational

"3 Inspiring Business Lessons From Billionaire Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey" by Kim Lachance Shandrow, www.foxnews.com. August 2, 2016.

When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.

Mother, Father, Home

Waking up early on Saturday gives me an edge in finishing my work with a very relaxed state of mind. There is a feeling of time pressure on weekdays that aren’t there on weekends. If I wake up early in the morning before anybody else, I can plan the day or at least my activities with relaxed mind.

Morning, Weekend, Up Early

Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will come to you.

Heart, Honor, Calling

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 15 June 2008

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