Oprah Winfrey Believe Quotations

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism.

Are you a racist? I believe everybody should have this in their movie collection.

It's fulfilling being able to do this kind of television. And I believe continuing to have a voice and a platform to speak to the world is still the right thing to do.

I do not believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.

Anybody who has ever done anything knows that, when you believe, it doesn't matter what other people think. You just have to keep finding a way to align your vision with other people who will receive and accept your vision. And when the time is right, if it is for you, it will show itself, if you believe.

I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that all of us share is the stories of our lives, and everybody has a story. Your story is as important as the next person's story.

I believe I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. I know who and what holds the future. I trust that beyond this space and time, all is well, and all will be well.

I really believe when you give to other people, you give to yourself.

I did not believe what I was told about being poor and black and female in Mississippi in 1954.

I don't believe in luck. Luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.

The biggest mistake in helping undeserved kids is not raising the bar high enough. Children will believe if you believe in them.

One of the truths I most deeply believe is that everything in life - everything - is energy. Within every one of us is the energy that makes the sun rise every day and keeps the planets aligned. It's there, already inside of you, waiting for you to know it. And when you tap in with that connection, that source, that miraculous energy, what I know for sure is that the universe rises up to meet you in unimaginable ways and help you create the life that you want.

Follow your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Most people don't believe it, but it's true.

Well, I don't call you an atheist then. I think if you believe in the awe and the wonder and the mystery, then that is what God is. That is what God is, not the bearded guy in the sky.

Live life and take chances. Believe that everything happens for a reason and don't regret. Love to the fullest and you will find true happiness in life. Realize that things go wrong and people change, but things do go on. Sometimes things weren't meant to be. What is supposed to happen will work its way out.

I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.

I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.

I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear and self-doubt.

My father turned my life around insisting I be more than I was and by believing I could be more.

God is a feeling experience and not a believing experience. If your religion is a believing experience ... then that's not truly God.

I believe that you tend to create your own blessings. You have to prepare yourself so that when opportunity comes, you're ready.

There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!

You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.

You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.

I truly believe that a woman can have anything she wants - if she's willing to do the hard work it takes to get it.

Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.

People believe marriage will make us better.

The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.

I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist. Many people are so closed to miracles that even when one is boldly staring them in the face, they label it coincidence or serendipity. I call it like I see it.

I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream – and by tuning into one another’s secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.

I believe I'm just getting started. The TV show is just the foundation.... If you're open to the possibilities, your life gets grander, bigger, bolder!

Nothing about my life is lucky. Nothing. A lot of grace, a lot of blessings, a lot of divine order, but I don't believe in luck. For me, luck is preparation meeting the moment of opportunity. There is no luck without you being prepared to handle that moment of opportunity. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for the moment that is to come.

I firmly believe that none of us in this world have made it until the least among us have made it.

I believe your personality is formed at a very early age. Fame can magnify that personality, for good or bad, but it can't change it. So when people say to me, 'Don't change,' I'm thinking, To what? To who? Who else would I be?

If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle.

If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it

I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.

You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, 'You can't.' Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does, you can keep going forward.

I believe in the power that not only allows the sun to rise but turns seeds into flowers and dreams into realities.

I believe that when you stop renewing and are no longer open to change and the possibilities that continually unfold, you stop being alive and are just getting through the years. Transformation doesn't happen unless you're willing: It's your choice.

One of the biggest mistakes humans make is to believe there is only one way. There are many diverse paths leading to what you call God.

Well, I am a Christian who believes that there are certainly many more paths to God other than Christianity.

You become what you believe - not what you wish or want but what you truly believe. Wherever you are in life, look at your beliefs. They put you there.

My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies and betrayals - I remained faithful, hopeful, and open to seeing the best in people, regardless of whether they were showing me their worst. I stayed open to believing that no matter how hard the climb, there is always a way to let in a sliver of light to illuminate the path forward.

You are what you are by what you BELIEVE!

Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom.

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

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself

You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.

What I know is, if you do work that you love, and work that fulfills you, the rest will come. I truly believe the reason I've been so financially successful is because my focus has never been on the money.

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.

When people show you who they are ... believe them!

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.

You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.

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

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.