Quotes from Oprah Winfrey

The true meaning of courage is to be afraid--and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, take the leap anyway.

We go through life discovering the truth about who we are and determining who has earned the right to share the space within our heart. And now I simply want to share what I've been given. 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 heart is what has brought memory greatest success and joy.

I know where my lane is, and I know how to stay in my lane. My lane is evolving the consciousness of people.

Mercy is like a mirror. I think mercy is what you give to others with the hope that it will come back to you. It's what you give to people who don't deserve it. It's what you give to people who haven't asked for it. It's what you give and it will come back. — Bryan Stevenson

for everyone of us that succeeds, its because there's somebody there to show you the way out

Here's how I see your weight—it is your smoke detector. And we're all burning up the best part of our lives." I'd never thought of it that way before, but it was a true aha moment. My weight was an indicator warning, a flashing light blaring my disconnection from the center of myself.

Our brain is organized to act and feel before we think. This is also how our brain develops—sequentially, from the bottom up. The developing infant acts and feels, and these actions and feelings help organize how they will begin to think.

Value yourself more.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

True forgiveness is when you can say, 'Thank you for that experience.

When your life is on course with its purpose, you are your most powerful

When you can really be who you are and find out where you fit and function from a place of comfort, then you stop working. You stop wrestling.

What I know for sure is that every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and step out and dance—to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt. You

Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth.

What I know for sure is that whatever your situation is right now, you have played a major role in creating it. With every experience, you build your life, thought by thought, choice by choice. And beneath each of those thoughts and choices lies your deepest intention. That's why before I make any decision, I ask myself one critical question: What is my real intention?

Love is when you choose to be at your best when the other person is not at their best.

I want people to understand, that you are responsible for your life. Weather you are transexual, weather you are a divorcee, weather you are terminally ill, weather you are posessed by the devil or trying to get the devil out of you. You have control over your life, and it is only when you recognize that, and is willing to be responsible for your life that you can truely soar, and I believe that it's possible in our lifetime to fly if you want to.

Live with energy Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

I want to live my life so my aura, when it leaves, is very bright.

I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand," Maya Angelou

To know that people care about how you're doing when the doing isn't so good, that's what love is.

When people show you who they are; believe them.

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.

Some women have a weakness for shoes. i can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.