Quotes from Oprah Winfrey

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

I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it

I still love church. My favorite church service is T.D. Jakes at the Potter's House. I don't think there is a better preacher in the country. His ability to interpret scripture is like no other.

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

Here's what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you embody the ideas contained in those words.

My response is that I love the church.

If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course

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

Bravery shows up in everyday life when people have the courage to live their truth, their vision and their dreams.

If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.

The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you.

Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.

If you re not speaking your own truth, you will never be able to be all you are meant to be. You cannot be pretending to be somebody else.

Have the boldness to tell yourself the truth - every bit of it.

The truth is I have from the very beginning listened to my instincts. All of my best decisions in life have come because I was attuned to what really felt like the next right move for me.

You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.

lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.

You get from the world what you give to the world.

You have the RIGHT to change your mind

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter who or where you are.

Let not one single life have passed in vain. What really matters is who you love and how you love.

I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally

I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.

Be loving to yourself and others will see that love reciprocated. This rule works every time