110+ Oprah Winfrey Quotes On Success, Confidence And Gratitude

Oprah Winfrey is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history. Winfrey is also the founder of the Oprah Winfrey Network, Harpo Productions, and the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Oprah Winfrey on life, leadership, success.

Top 10 Oprah Winfrey Quotes

1. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
2. The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
3. Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey success story.
4. Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.
5. Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.
6. Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
7. The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
8. Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe
9. Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
10. Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

Oprah Winfrey Image Quotes

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. — Oprah Winfrey

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. — Oprah Winfrey

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. — Oprah Winfrey

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. — Oprah Winfrey

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. — Oprah Winfrey

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. — Oprah Winfrey

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. — Oprah Winfrey

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. — Oprah Winfrey

If you are still breathing, you have a second chance. — Oprah Winfrey

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. — Oprah Winfrey

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Short Quotes

• Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
• Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
• Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
• I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
• Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for
• My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
• What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
• I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.
• Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
• Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Life

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

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on. — Oprah Winfrey

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience. — Oprah Winfrey

Turn your wounds into wisdom. — Oprah Winfrey

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think. — Oprah Winfrey

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. — Oprah Winfrey

No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead. — Oprah Winfrey

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. — Oprah Winfrey

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. — Oprah Winfrey

If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Leadership

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives. — Oprah Winfrey

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. — Oprah Winfrey

I don't yell at people, I don't mistreat people. I don't talk down to people, so no one else in this building, in this vicinity, has the right to do it. — Oprah Winfrey

Whatever our dreams, ideas, or projects, we plant a seed, nurture it -- and then reap the fruits of our labors. — Oprah Winfrey

Leadership is about empathy. — Oprah Winfrey

How you spend your time defines who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

All you need to do is know who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Success

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it. — Oprah Winfrey

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it. — Oprah Winfrey

Move with the flow. Don't fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don't try to carry it. — Oprah Winfrey

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance. — Oprah Winfrey

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint — Oprah Winfrey

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 own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy. — Oprah Winfrey

Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life. — Oprah Winfrey

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo. — Oprah Winfrey

The best way to succeed is to discover what you love and find a way to offer it to others. — Oprah Winfrey

How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Confidence

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine. — Oprah Winfrey

All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It's one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you. — Oprah Winfrey

To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back. — Oprah Winfrey

It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures. — Oprah Winfrey

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem. — Oprah Winfrey

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself — Oprah Winfrey

What I find powerful is a person with the confidence to be her own self. — Oprah Winfrey

What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken; it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakable calm, confidence and a fierce grace. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Gratitude

True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience. — Oprah Winfrey

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. — Oprah Winfrey

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get. — 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. — Oprah Winfrey

...I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life! — Oprah Winfrey

It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you — Oprah Winfrey

Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings. — Oprah Winfrey

No gesture is too small when done with gratitude. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Education

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that. — Oprah Winfrey

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves. — Oprah Winfrey

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. — Oprah Winfrey

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. — Oprah Winfrey

Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom. — Oprah Winfrey

You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities. — Oprah Winfrey

When you educate a girl, you begin to change the face of a nation. — Oprah Winfrey

When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was. — Oprah Winfrey

I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Relationships

Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come. — Oprah Winfrey

Learn to let your intuition-gut instinct-tell you when the food, the relationship, the job isn't good for you (and conversely, when what you're doing is just right). — Oprah Winfrey

Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter. — Oprah Winfrey

Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go. — Oprah Winfrey

I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

The reason I so rarely break promises to other people? It breaks trust. Without trust, there's no relationship. — Oprah Winfrey

I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream – and by tuning into one another’s secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers. — Oprah Winfrey

The reason I gained so much weight in the first place and the reason I had such a sorry history of abusive relationships with men was I just needed approval so much. I needed everyone to like me, because I didn't like myself much. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Woman

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. — Oprah Winfrey

Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge. — Oprah Winfrey

I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar. — Oprah Winfrey

I always knew I'd be a millionaire by age thirty-two. In fact, I am going to be the richest black woman in America. — Oprah Winfrey

I truly believe that a woman can have anything she wants - if she's willing to do the hard work it takes to get it. — Oprah Winfrey

You make me proud to spell my name woman... you make me proud to be your friend. — Oprah Winfrey

After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life. — Oprah Winfrey

If you are a woman living, you've been done wrong by a man. — Oprah Winfrey

I think I try to speak to the heart of the woman who I know is interested in growing into herself. — Oprah Winfrey

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Happiness

What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth. — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough. — Oprah Winfrey

Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters. — Oprah Winfrey

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if you don't have time to enjoy it. — Oprah Winfrey

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others. — Oprah Winfrey

‎Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift. — Oprah Winfrey

When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world? — Oprah Winfrey

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream. — Oprah Winfrey

It doesn't take a lot to make me happy. I take pleasure from everything I do. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Forgiveness

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. — Oprah Winfrey

When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table. — Oprah Winfrey

Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed — 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. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Inspiring

What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder. — Oprah Winfrey

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand. — Oprah Winfrey

You become what you believe. — Oprah Winfrey

If you are still breathing, you have a second chance. — Oprah Winfrey

There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be. — Oprah Winfrey

Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you. — Oprah Winfrey

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe. — Oprah Winfrey

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. — Oprah Winfrey

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About People

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to. — Oprah Winfrey

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. — Oprah Winfrey

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. — Oprah Winfrey

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me. — Oprah Winfrey

There were no ugly people in Ethiopia — Oprah Winfrey

I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don't know it. — Oprah Winfrey

Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are. — Oprah Winfrey

Other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny. — Oprah Winfrey

I know that you cannot hate other people without hating yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Failure

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

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer. — Oprah Winfrey

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process. — Oprah Winfrey

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. — Oprah Winfrey

The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. — Oprah Winfrey

Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction. — Oprah Winfrey

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction — Oprah Winfrey

I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons. — Oprah Winfrey

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. — Oprah Winfrey

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About World

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth. — Oprah Winfrey

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own. — Oprah Winfrey

You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it. — Oprah Winfrey

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. It shouldn't change you. If you're a jerk, you just get to be a bigger jerk. What fame does is magnify who you are and puts that on a platter for the whole world to see. — Oprah Winfrey

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together. — Oprah Winfrey

I used to have a fake Louis Vuitton bag because I thought it meant something in life. But now I realize that all the things in the world don't define you. It's what you stand for, what you're willing to do, how close to the truth you're willing to be in your life. — Oprah Winfrey

I set out to really build this universe of interfaith connectedness, where people could see that other people in different parts of the world are very much like them. — Oprah Winfrey

The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around? — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Feel

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. — Oprah Winfrey

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief. — Oprah Winfrey

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. — Oprah Winfrey

Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. — Oprah Winfrey

We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough... You're worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being here, your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough. — Oprah Winfrey

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway. — 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. — Oprah Winfrey

What matters is how you feel inside, because feeling beautiful on the inside is key to looking good. — Oprah Winfrey

If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces — Oprah Winfrey

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control. — Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Famous Quotes And Sayings

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. — Oprah Winfrey

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. — Oprah Winfrey

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. — Oprah Winfrey

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams. — Oprah Winfrey

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you. — Oprah Winfrey

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good. — 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. — Oprah Winfrey

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. — Oprah Winfrey

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. — Oprah Winfrey

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. — Oprah Winfrey

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. — Oprah Winfrey

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. — Oprah Winfrey

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free. — Oprah Winfrey

If you are still breathing, you have a second chance. — Oprah Winfrey

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. — Oprah Winfrey

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. — Oprah Winfrey

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine. — Oprah Winfrey

What I know for sure is this: The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal for this year is, you can get there - as long as you're willing to be honest with yourself about the preparation and work involved. There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment, and a choice. — Oprah Winfrey

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come. — Oprah Winfrey

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility. — Oprah Winfrey

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away,If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay. Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that's not meant to be. Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy..! — Oprah Winfrey

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here. — Oprah Winfrey

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

Everybody looks at their poop. — Oprah Winfrey

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance. — Oprah Winfrey

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes. — Oprah Winfrey

Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want. — Oprah Winfrey

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier. — Oprah Winfrey

A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned. Life first will send the lesson to you in the size of a pebble; if you ignore the pebble, then life will send you a brick; if you ignore the brick, life will send you a brick wall; if you ignore the brick wall, life will send you a demolition truck. — Oprah Winfrey

Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books. — Oprah Winfrey

I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes. — Oprah Winfrey

always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well. — Oprah Winfrey

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around. — Oprah Winfrey

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. — Oprah Winfrey

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself. — Oprah Winfrey

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright. — Oprah Winfrey

The stories that you tell yourself can make or break you - no matter who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

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. — Oprah Winfrey

Life Lessons by Oprah Winfrey

1. Oprah Winfrey has taught us to never give up on our dreams, no matter how difficult the journey may be. She has also shown us the importance of being kind, generous, and giving back to our communities. Lastly, she has taught us to be resilient in the face of adversity and to always find the courage to keep going.