Winfrey: "The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."

Winfrey: "The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me."

Winfrey: "Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."

Winfrey: "My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit."

Winfrey: "I always knew I was destined for greatness."

Winfrey: "Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that."

Winfrey: "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness."

Winfrey: "Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi."

Winfrey: "The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."

Winfrey: "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

Winfrey: "Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."

Winfrey: "I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull."

Winfrey: "When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."

Winfrey: "The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be, but it's a story about who you want to be."

Winfrey: "You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once."

Winfrey: "Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."

Winfrey: "The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

Winfrey: "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."

Winfrey: "I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain."

Winfrey: "What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives."

Winfrey: "Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."

Winfrey: "I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."

Winfrey: "Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."

Winfrey: "You're either humble or you're not. If you were a jerk before the fame, you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight. Whoever you are really comes through."

Winfrey: "I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier."