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If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.

If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.

Oprah Winfrey
Childhood, Your Children, Heal

Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.

Oprah Winfrey
Confused, People, Who You Know

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

Oprah Winfrey
Motivational, Spiritual, Journey
Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.195, Macmillan

Nothing happens until you decide. Make a decision and watch your life move forward.

Oprah Winfrey
Moving, Decision, Watches
Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know for Sure”, p.128, Pan Macmillan

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Oprah Winfrey
Inspirational, Funny, Life

The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.

Oprah Winfrey
Life, Miracle, Celebration

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

Oprah Winfrey
Success, Want, What You Want
"Oprah's Career Advice For 20-Somethings" by Emily Co, www.popsugar.com. October 22, 2012.

Every choice in life either moves you forward or keeps you stuck.

Oprah Winfrey
Moving, Choices, Life Choices

Life is about becoming more of who you really are.

Oprah Winfrey
Becoming, Life Is, Becoming More

You are the author of your own life...Don't let others define it for you. Real power comes by doing what you are meant to be doing, and doing it well.

Oprah Winfrey
Real, Wells, Real Power

The stories that you tell yourself can make or break you - no matter who you are.

Oprah Winfrey
Make Or Break, Stories, Matter

I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.

Oprah Winfrey
Encouragement, Kindness, Fear

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

Oprah Winfrey
Focus, Goodness, More Money
Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.84, Macmillan

Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Oprah Winfrey
Opportunity, Preparation, Luck

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

Oprah Winfrey
Hope, Coaching, Mentor

The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get.

Oprah Winfrey
Gratitude, Grateful, Would Be
FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Nov 24, 2011

Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.

Oprah Winfrey
Happiness, Inspiring, Success

Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.

Oprah Winfrey
Inspiring, Happiness, Success

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.

Oprah Winfrey
Inspirational, Light, World

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Oprah Winfrey
Inspirational, Life, Positive
Oprah Winfrey (2017). “The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights and Inspirational Conversations”, p.120, Pan Macmillan

You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.

Oprah Winfrey
Want, Drivers, Seats
Commencement Speech to the graduating class of Spelman College, 2012.

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

Oprah Winfrey
Happiness, Wise, Differences

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.

Oprah Winfrey
Self Esteem, War, Fighting

Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.

Oprah Winfrey
Mistake, Force, Teach
Winfrey’s Commencement address, news.harvard.edu. May 31, 2013.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

Oprah Winfrey
Inspirational, Wise, Self Esteem

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