Quotes from Oprah Winfrey

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

Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.

Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.

Every choice gives you a chance to pave your own road. Keep moving. Full speed ahead

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it

I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.

When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion

Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.

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

If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.

Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy once they have them.

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

When you're the most successful person in your family, in your neighborhood, and in your town, everybody thinks you're the First National Bank, and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.

The whole barrier exists because most people never come together and sit down at a table ... join together, break bread together, and celebrate their differences and their likenesses.

It's time for us as a country to try to come together in ways that freedom was really meant to be.

Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side.

There's a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call 'my disciples.' Their branches form a canopy over the ground, and I sit underneath them for inspiration.

The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us--the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.

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.

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

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

To love yourself is a never-ending journey.