Oprah Winfrey

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that.

My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.

Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.

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

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

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

You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

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

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.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

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

Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.