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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

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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

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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

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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

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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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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

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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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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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