Oprah Winfrey

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

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

When you make loving others the story of your life, there’s never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another. And I know for sure that in the final analysis of our lives- when the to-do lists are no more, when the frenzy is finished, when our e-mail inboxes are empty- the only thing that will have any lasting value is whether we’ve loved others and whether they’ve loved us.

I’ve lived in this fame trip since 1986. I’ve found that unless you’re rooted in something bigger than fame, you start believing your own hype.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.

If you have to eat a frog, don’t look at it for too long.

It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It’s how we make and keep commitments, how we handle a traffic jam, how we respond to an irate customer or a disobedient child. It’s how we view our problems and where we focus our energies. It’s the language we use.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Hold yourself to a higher standard than anybody else expects of you.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

And if it can’t be fun, what’s the point?

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.

Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.

If you really believe it – go for it.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.