Quotes from Oprah Winfrey

Quando você não sabe o que fazer, o melhor conselho que posso lhe dar é: não faça nada até as coisas se tornarem mais claras. Ficar em silêncio, ser capaz de ouvir a própria voz e não as vozes do mundo a seu redor, ajudará você a alcançar a clareza mais rápido. Assim que decidir o que quer, comprometa-se com essa decisão.

Real integrity is doing the right thing knowing that nobody is going to know whether you did it or not.

Sou uma perfeccionista desde os 3 anos. Durante muito tempo, tive a necessidade de mostrar que eu merecia estar aqui – de provar o meu valor. Trabalhei duro. Tirei muitas notas máximas. Venci debates escolares, ganhei bolsas de estudo. Mas precisei chegar aos 30 e poucos anos para saber que o simples fato de ter nascido já me tornava digna de estar aqui. Eu não precisava provar nada a ninguém.

Qué hacer cuando ya hiciste todo lo que puedes y parece que nunca es suficiente? ¿Qué más dar cuando te has dado por completo y parece que no lo vas a lograr?". La respuesta está en el coro de McClurkin: "Sólo mantente de pie". Ahí

power to destroy, they also have the power to heal.

I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.

A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle

The thoughts that linger are the "If only" questions, like Who could I have become if I had finally done the things I always wanted to do? The gift of deciding to face your mortality without turning away or flinching is the gift of recognizing that because you WILL die, you must live NOW. Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands. You are the single biggest influence in your life. Your journey begins with the choice to get up, step out, and live. Fully.

A person can have very sincere anti-racist beliefs but still have implicit biases that result in racist comments or actions.

My highest achievement: never shutting down my heart. Even in my darkest moments—through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies and betrayals—I remained faithful, hopeful, and willing to see the best in people, regardless of whether they were showing me their worst. I continued to believe that no matter how hard the climb, there is always a way to let in a sliver of light to illuminate the path forward.

Every right decision I've ever made has come from my gut, and every wrong decision I've ever made was a result of me not listening.

the way you treat a child, from the time that child is born, is what sets them up to either succeed or struggle…how you were loved informs the way your important neural networks are shaped, especially those core regulatory networks

There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness: One With Life. Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer, and you are the dance.

It can upset people when you exceed the limited expectations they've always had for you.)

Who you're meant to evolve from where you are right now.

Maya Angelou was so right. Whatever you're going through, you will do just that: go through it. It will pass. So say thank-you now. Because you know the rainbow is coming.

The true measure of your courage is not whether you reach your goal—it's whether you decide to get back on your feet no matter how many times you've failed.

Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands—you are the single biggest influence in your life.

I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer you've been searching for comes into focus. And as you walk into what you fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

La única meta a la que vale aspirar es una transformación de conciencia que me permita saber y entender que no soy mejor o peor que otro ser humano. Solo soy.

Turn your wounds into wisdom

You can have it all. Just not all at once

what you focus on expands. When you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

If you are a child born in an environment of chaos, confusion, violence, or disruption, with no normalcy or regularity-you are being set up to fail. Because the networks in your brain don't organize in the way they should.