Quotes About Inspiration

I love Oprah to death.

I want to be a combination of P. Diddy and Oprah.

I grew up watching Oprah on television. So, to say I didn't learn a lot from her just wouldn't be true.

I've known Oprah since 1998 or 1999. It is incredible how amazing she is. When you are around her, you see how considerate, giving and wonderful she is with the people around her.

I want to go to dinner with Oprah! Who doesn't?

People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.

Oprah is just this goddess presiding over so much of American life, and her story is really interesting - the way she made herself, and the ruthlessness it took, and also the fantasizing that it took.

I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer.

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

There's no male Oprah.

I talk to Oprah several times a week, and I see the side of Oprah that's having the time of her life. What she's getting to do with OWN is build a team to create a brand from nothing.

Working for Oprah is a dream come true. She was on my dream board for the longest time.

My idols are Oprah and Martha. From nothing, they built industries.

I like Oprah. I could sit around and make vision boards all day, but I wouldn't actually get anything done if I were to concentrate on my feelings rather than doing.

I grew up in this weird, educationally elite but economically impoverished environment. Total 'Oprah' story.

Oprah's such a wonderful spirit; she's been given a lot of gifts in her life, and she gives them back.

As a little kid, I would watch Oprah almost every day.

You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.

Whenever someone says I'm the next Oprah, I always respond, 'Child, there's only one Mahogany, and only one Oprah.' There are no others.

Someone that I'm really inspired by, and that I look up to, is Oprah. It's amazing how she created such an empire.

I spent a lot of times sitting in big rooms full of a lot of men and executives thinking, 'What would Oprah say right now?' and trying to channel that as hard as I could. And mostly that was just about having the confidence. If this woman did it, it can be done. And there's no reason for anybody to stop you.

Growing up, I was going to school for broadcast journalism. I wanted to be Oprah.