Oprah Winfrey Great Quotations

My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.

Great communication begins with connection.

Failing is another stepping-stone to greatness.

To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.

Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness.

There is a vision for my life that is greater than my imagination can hold.

Never for a moment allow your greatness to interfere with your goodness.

Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience.

Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To do less than your best is a sin. Every single one of us has the power for greatness, because greatness is determined by service-to yourself and to others.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.

I have a sense of greatness, which comes from feeling that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the planet - empowering people, especially women.

All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer and Madame C.J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

Mattie lived the biggest, greatest life of anyone I've ever known. He lived his life with the light of love, and each of us has the power to do that in our own way.

This is a great day and we're just getting started.

My prayer is that the greatness ...that she lived will now find a home within us.