Quotes from Oprah Winfrey

Over the years, I've interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that the root of every dysfunction I've ever encountered, every problem, has been some sense of a lacking of self-value or of self-worth.

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.

Committing to a lifetime of wellness is not a luxury-it's a necessity. You'll never have enough time; you have to make the time.

It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you

How you spend your time defines who you are.

Your soul tells you when it's time to move on.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.

It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.

No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.

Do not waste your time with people who have shown you they really mean no good for you.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully

Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

This season don't get lost in making the perfect meal or become overwhelmed with all the folks in your house. Use this time to center yourself.

What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.

I believe I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. I know who and what holds the future. I trust that beyond this space and time, all is well, and all will be well.

I would say my faith has become strengthened every time I have faced what I considered to be a trial, and there is no greater trial than being 14 and pregnant and not even knowing what it is.

The very first time I had Whitney Houston on my show, however many years ago, I thought, "You are 'the voice.'" You are the voice, that was my name for you.

I truly understand that there is a lesson in everything that happens to us. So I tried not to spend my time asking "Why did this happen to me?" but trying to figure out why I had chosen this.

You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love.

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together.