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

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

“The essential question is not, "How busy are you?' but 'What are you busy at?' 'Are you doing what fulfills you?”

“When I didn't have friends, I had books.”

“I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.”

“Devote today to something so daring even you can't believe you're doing it.”

“What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction.”

Oprah's commencement speech at Howard University (12 May 2007) http://www.graduationwisdom.com/speeches/0024-winfrey.htm

“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe”

“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”

“What I love most about reading: It gives you the ability to reach higher ground. And keep climbing.”

Source: What I Know For Sure

“Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.”

“The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.”

“You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”

“The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us--the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.”

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘Thank you,’ it will be enough.” —Meister Eckhart”

Source: What I Know For Sure

“Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.”

“One of the greatest gifts you can give is
your undivided attention.”

“I would like to thank the people who've brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.”

Source: The Best of Oprah's What I Know For Sure

“If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.”

“All pain is the same.”