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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. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#better #cannot #fail #high #high wire

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. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#deprived #early #early age #ghetto #girl

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#being #could #created #empathy #having

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#about #being #check #ever #giving

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. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#able #being #concentrate #difference #does

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#least #makes #mother #someone

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#i #i can #life #live #lot

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

#beyond #books #conquer #discovered #farm

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. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#authentic self #become #being #could #done

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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