Oprah Winfrey

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.

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

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

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

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.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

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

Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.

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

The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.

Step Away from the Mean Girls… …and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others. This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the story line that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. ~Maya Angelou Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time believe them. Not the 29th. time. When a man doesn't call you back the first time, when you are mistreated the first time, when someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will be followed many many other times, that will some point in life come back to haunt or hurt you. Live your life in truth. Don't pretend to be someone you're not. You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.

You get to know who you really are in a crisis.

Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.

I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.