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 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?
I have not missed a day in my life of praying. It's always about the same thing, using my life as a vehicle. Whatever I do, let it bring goodness to myself and to everybody that I come in contact with.
To this day I always say my prayers on my knees 'cause I think maybe they get there sooner.
If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.
That's really what wealth does for you. It gives you freedom to make choices.
The whole barrier exists because most people never come together and sit down at a table ... join together, break bread together, and celebrate their differences and their likenesses.
Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience.
The best work we can all do is create the highest vision possible for our lives and be led by that vision to the greatest good.
Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To do less than your best is a sin. Every single one of us has the power for greatness, because greatness is determined by service-to yourself and to others.
If you don't give something back when you get, you don't keep.
I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life.
Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life's greatest reward and life's greatest adventure.
If you take care of your body, it'll take care of you.