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Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Total quotes: 24
“Don’t worry about becoming successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Food, Health, and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life
Tagged: Success, Goals, Motivational
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”
— Oprah Winfrey, 37 Inspirational Strong Women Quotes with Images
Tagged: Oprah Winfrey, Strong Women, Independent
“No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead. ”
— Oprah Winfrey
Tagged: Journey, self awareness
“One of my greatest lessons has been to fully understand that what looks like a dark patch in the quest for success is the universe pointing you in a new direction.”
— Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure
Tagged: Rough Patchs, Difficult Times, Success, Darkest Before The Dawn
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey: "Wounds Into Wisdom" And Other Lessons From Her Childhood Abuse: "Wounds Into Wisdom" And Other Lessons From Her Childhood Abuse: "Wounds Into Wisdom" And Other Lessons From Her Childhood Abuse
Tagged: Experience, Sufferings, Life Lessons, Pain, Wisdom, Learning
“Every one of us has a calling. There is a reason why you are here. I know this for sure. And that reason is greater than any degree. It's greater than any paycheque. And it's greater than anything anybody can tell you that are you supposed to do. Your real job is to find out what the reason is and get about the business of doing it.Your calling isn't something that somebody can tell you about. It's what you feel. It's a part of your life force. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that are you supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Commencement Address at Howard University, 2007
Tagged: Commencement, Graduation, Speech
“Now you want a dead son-in-law, Mrs. Celie? You just keep on advising him like you doing.”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: Son-In-Law, Warning
“[after telling Celie she knows how she feels] Oh...Sofia home, now. Sofia home. Things is gonna be changin' around here. Pass me them peas, boy.”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: new leaf
“Miss Millie: You kids are so clean. You wanna come work for me, be my maid?

Sofia: Hell, no.”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: Clean, maid, Condescension
“I loves Harpo, God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead 'fo I let him beat me.”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: Threats, Domestic Violence
“Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honor the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Oprah, In Her Words: Our American Princess
Tagged: Calling, Discovering Your Purpose
“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, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.”
— Oprah Winfrey, The Most Empowering, Inspirational Quotes for Women
Tagged: Oprah Winfrey, Women, Independent
“You told Harpo to beat me?”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: harpo, Domestic Violence
“I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.”
— Oprah Winfrey, 23 Leadership Tips From Oprah Winfrey
Tagged: Luck
“What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Oprah, In Her Words: Our American Princess
Tagged: God, Faith, Religion
“I used to say this to my producers all the time. We are never going to win with this show looking back to see what other people are doing on their shows. The only way you win is to keep looking forward for yourself. What’s best for you?’”
— Oprah Winfrey, Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age
Tagged: Wellness, Health, Weight, Weight Watchers International, Oprah Winfrey, nutrition, US, Biggest Loser
“I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.”
— Oprah Winfrey
Tagged: Don't Go Back, Want
“They are domestic workers and farmworkers; they are working in factories and they work in restaurants, and they’re in academia and engineering and medicine and science; they’re part of the world of tech and politics and business; they’re our athletes in the Olympics and they’re our soldiers in the military.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes Speech
Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, History In The Making, Historical Moments Retold, Memoir, Life Narratives, Justice, The Truth, Fighting Corruption, Fighting Injustice, A Life of Service, Sexual Assault Awareness, MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Victims
“So I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say, ‘Me too’ again.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes Speech
Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, History In The Making, Life Narratives, Justice, The Truth, Fighting Corruption, Fighting Injustice, A Life of Service, Sexual Assault Awareness, MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Victims, A Broken Culture, toxic masculinity, Recy Taylor, Time's Up, The Beauty of Resilience, Resilience, Power of Resilience, Never Give Up, Adversity, Rise Again
“Squeak: Harpo! Who dis woman?

Harpo: Now come now, you know who this is.

Squeak: She best'a leave you alone.

Sophia: Fine with me.

Harpo: [to Sofia] You ain't got to go nowhere. Dis here my juke joint.

Squeak: [to Harpo] You said dis here our juke joint!

Harpo: Listen woman, can't a man dance with his wife if he wants to?

Squeak: Not if she a heifer! [to Sofia]

Squeak: And not if he my man! You just a big ol heifer. Ha Ha Ha.

Sofia: [to Squeak] Like I said, fine with me!”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: juke joint, Dancing
“Celie: [lunging towards Albert with a knife] I curse you. Until you do right by me everything you think about is gonna crumble!

Sofia: Don't do it, Mrs. Celie. Don't trade places with what I been through.

Shug: Come on, Celie, let's go to the car.

Sofia: He ain't worth it, he ain't worth it.

Albert: Who you think you is? You can curse nobody. Look at you. You're black, you're poor, you're ugly, you're a woman, you're nothing at all!

Celie: Until you do right by me, everything you even think about gonna fail!

Grady: It's been a pleasure meeting all of you. Goodbye.”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: Threats, Domestic Violence, Black, poor, ugly, Woman
“Sat in that jail, I sat in that jail 'til I near about done rot to death. I know what it like to wanna go somewhere and cain't. I know what it like to wanna sing...and have it beat out 'ya. I want to thank you, Miss Celie, fo everything you done for me. I 'members that day in the store with Miss Millie—I's feelin' real down. I's feelin' mighty bad. And when I seed you—I know'd there is a God. I know'd there is a God.”
— Sofia, The Color Purple
Tagged: Jail, God
“Say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks.
Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.

This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the story line that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Pursuing Perfection
Tagged: Criticism, Weight, beauty, Insecurities
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