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When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.
Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you.
You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
I believe that you tend to create your own blessings. You have to prepare yourself so that when opportunity comes, you're ready.
I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.
The future is full of possibility, whether you make one tiny change - or a whole invigorating, thrilling, inspiring bunch of them.
There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life.
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.
What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves.
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction.
A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.
You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.
Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.
I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.
You really haven't changed, you've just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying to do: become more of ourselves.
There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.
God is a feeling experience and not a believing experience. If your religion is a believing experience ... then that's not truly God.
You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.
Nobody’s journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It’s just life’s way of saying, ‘Time to change course.’
Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.
The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.
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.
The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.
You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.
You need to dream a bigger dream for yourself. That is the lesson. Hold the highest vision possible for your life and it can come true.
One of the biggest mistakes humans make is to believe there is only one way. There are many diverse paths leading to what you call God.
Most people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness.
You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything that you carried forward for yourself.
The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.
The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.
When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.
There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.
It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you
When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.
If you re not speaking your own truth, you will never be able to be all you are meant to be. You cannot be pretending to be somebody else.
When I learn something, when I know something, when I find something. I always want to share it. Because life is better when you share it.
When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.
You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.
Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me.
I think I do speak to all ages, but the emphasis is, unlike everybody else who is chasing the Millennials, I'm not chasing the Millennials.
In America, people are so busy. Even the children are busy. I get the impression very few of us are touching the miracle that you are alive.
Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.
I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.