Quote

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.

Oprah Winfrey

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Oprah Winfrey
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 29
Actor
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Entertainer
Film Producer
Journalist
Motivational Speaker
Patron Of The Arts
Podcaster
Presenter
Kosciusko
Mississippi
Oprah Gail Winfrey
Oprah
World
Books
Discovered
Age
Pass
Reading
Soon
Freedom
Beyond
Read
Personal
Mississippi
Three
Learned
Farm
Book
Went
Farms
Whole
Education
Conquer

More quotes by Oprah Winfrey

Image
You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Be loving to yourself and others will see that love reciprocated. This rule works every time
Oprah Winfrey
Image
I look at problems as opportunities and use every person, every incident, and every encounter as an opportunity to show a more loving part of myself.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
One percent doubt is zero percent faith.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Align your personality with your purpose, and no one can touch you.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
If you are still breathing, you have a second chance.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
My constant focus is on being better. Should I be doing multimedia video production? Or seminars on the Internet? How can I do what I'm already doing in a more forceful way?
Oprah Winfrey
Image
When you run a race, you hurt your ability to compete when you turn your head to look at the competition chasing you, you lose a step physically and psychologically. Run the race always stretching to do your best, imitations will come in last, no one can catch an original.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen
Oprah Winfrey
Image
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.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
I thought, If I'm gonna run a jazz club, if I've got Miles Davis' posters in my bar, I should at least know what his horn sounds like.
Oprah Winfrey
Image
Take what you can do and use it for the highest good to benefit others.
Oprah Winfrey