Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

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Since 1954, American media personality and proprietor Oprah Winfrey has given the world some of its most quotable lines. Known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011, their words carry the weight of lived experience. Our collection includes 56 quotes from Oprah Winfrey, touching on Life, Best, Time, Power, and Love — a testament to just how much they had to say. One quote that captures their voice: "Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."

“The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Life

All Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

“I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Experience

“When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Future

“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Age

“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Wisdom

“Be thankful for what you have you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Thankful

“I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Life

“The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Fear

“I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Life

“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Great

“Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Great

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

— Oprah Winfrey

Dreams

“I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Failure

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Failure

“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Best

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Birthday

“It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Truth

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Wisdom

“What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.”

— Oprah Winfrey

God

“I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Life

“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Time