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
When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?
Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.
I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.
What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider.
What I know for sure is that behind every catastrophe, there are great lessons to be learned. Among the many that we as a country need to get is that as long as we play the "us and them" game, we don't evolve as people, as a nation, as a planet.
Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself
If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.
All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if you don't have time to enjoy it.
Have the courage to follow your passion - and if you don't know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.
That whisper you keep hearing is the universe trying to get your attention.
When you make loving others the story of your life, there's never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another.
Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here.
Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth.