Oprah Winfrey
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Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher. — Oprah Winfrey
Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books. — Oprah Winfrey
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. — Oprah Winfrey
I love the word delicious. The way it rolls off my tongue delights me. And even more delectable than a delicious meal is a delicious experience, rich and layered like a fine coconut cake. I had one this past birthday—both the cake and the experience. It was one of those moments I call a God wink—when out of the blue everything lines up just perfectly. — Oprah Winfrey
I was hanging out with a group of girlfriends in Maui for my birthday (minus Gayle, who had a previous engagement with CBS This Morning). I'd just come back from India and wanted to have a spa retreat at my house to celebrate turning 58. — Oprah Winfrey
As girlfriends do even at this age, we sat around the table and talked till midnight. On the night before my birthday, five of the eight of us were still at the table at 12:30 A.M., worn out from a five-hour conversation that had run the gamut from men to microdermabrasion. Lots of laughing, some tears. The kind of talking women do when we feel safe. — Oprah Winfrey
In two days I would be interviewing the famed spiritual teacher Ram Dass, and by coincidence I started to hum a line from a song invoking his name.
Suddenly my friend Maria said, "What's that you're humming?"
"Oh, just a line from a song I like."
She said, "I know that song. I listen to it every night."
"No way," I said. "It's an obscure song on an album by a woman named Snatam Kaur."
"Yes!" Maria said. "Yes! Yes! Snatam Kaur! I listen to her every night before I go to bed. How do you know her music?"
"Peggy"—another friend who was with us—"gave me a CD two years ago, and I've been listening ever since. I play her every day before meditating."
Now we were both screaming and laughing. "No way!"
"I actually thought of having her come to sing for my birthday," I said when I caught my breath. "Then I went, Nah, too much trouble. Had I known you liked her, too, I would have made the effort."
Later that night, lying in bed, I thought, Isn't that something. I would have gone to the trouble for a friend but not for myself. For sure I need to practice what I preach and value myself more. I went to sleep wishing I'd invited Snatam Kaur to sing.
The next day, my birthday, we had a "land blessing" with a Hawaiian chieftain. That evening we gathered on the porch for sunset cocktails. My friend Elizabeth stood up—to read a poem, I thought, or make a speech. Instead she said, "You wanted it, and now you have manifested it." She rang a small chime, and suddenly music started to play.
The music was muffled, as if the speakers weren't working. I thought, What's going on? And then there appeared, walking onto my front porch...Snatam Kaur, in her white turban. And her musicians! "How did this happen?" I cried. And cried, and cried. Maria, sitting next to me with tears in her eyes, held my hand and just nodded. "You wouldn't do it for yourself, so we did it for you." — Oprah Winfrey
After I'd gone to bed the night before, my friends had called to find out where Snatam Kaur was, to see if they could get her to Maui in the next 12 hours. As life and God would have it, she and her musicians were in a town 30 minutes away, preparing for a concert. And were "honored" to come and sing. — Oprah Winfrey
It was one of the most amazing surprises of my life. Layered with meanings I'm still deciphering. — Oprah Winfrey
What I know for sure: It's a moment I'll savor forever—the fact that it happened, the way it happened, that it happened on my birthday. All...so...delicious! — Oprah Winfrey
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. — Oprah Winfrey
One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn. — Oprah Winfrey
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. — Oprah Winfrey
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. — Oprah Winfrey
The essential question is not, "How busy are you?' but 'What are you busy at?' 'Are you doing what fulfills you?' — Oprah Winfrey
My philosophy is that doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. ... Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. — Oprah Winfrey
Reaching your true potential is more than an ideal. It's the ultimate goal. — Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey on Shondra Rhimes: "Shondra is a storyteller for our times. Courageous in her approach to the work, she's never played by other people's rules. She creates an assemblage of worldly foibles and aspirations. She understands that every dream is valuable and every identity deserves inspection through the looking-glass of television. She knows the power of reflection and wields that power with grace and generosity."
What kind of woman do I want to be? One who willingly gives and receives love. One who is compassionate. Understanding. Positive. Forgiving. A woman who makes responsible choices. I want to live with a heart open to life. — Oprah Winfrey
You can have it all. Just not all at once. — Oprah Winfrey
I feel I have made a living being myself. I've made a career out of my own authenticity. I don't have one face I present to the white world or to the black world. I talk to my dogs the same way I'm speaking right now. — Oprah Winfrey
When in doubt, be bold! — Oprah Winfrey
True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience." — Oprah Winfrey
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