Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfreyis an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's first and only multi-billionaire black person. Several...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 January 1954
CityKosciusko, MS
CountryUnited States of America
I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.
She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
One percent doubt is zero percent faith.
You are responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your Mama did. It doesn't matter what your Daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life.
You are here to do something you are uniquely created for. No one else can do it like you can, that's why you're here
People make things happen. All the rest is just window dressing
You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.
I don't yell at people, I don't mistreat people. I don't talk down to people, so no one else in this building, in this vicinity, has the right to do it.
Declare today "sacred timeoff limits to everyone, unless invited by you. Take care of your personal wants and needs. Say no, graciously but firmly, to others' demands."
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.
You can find the sacred in the most ordinary of things.
Books were my pass to personal freedom.
You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.