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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.
Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
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.
A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.
God is a feeling experience and not a believing experience. If your religion is a believing experience ... then that's not truly God.
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.
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.’
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 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.
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.
Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.
If things were half as bad as some people persist in believing, I'd have retired with a bottle of Scotch and a pistol a long time ago.
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.
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
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.
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.
These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money.
I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.
Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.
I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...
If only 50 or more people were doing for the country what I have been doing, there would not be a pay freeze or a balance of payments problem.
This season don't get lost in making the perfect meal or become overwhelmed with all the folks in your house. Use this time to center yourself.
She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.
No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.
You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. .... There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment and a choice.
I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear and self-doubt.
What, I have actually loved it, because I've been underestimated every step of the way, and it's so exciting when you can prove them all wrong.
It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did.
If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.
One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious.
Allowing the truth of who you are-your spiritual self-to rule your life means you stop the struggle and learn to move with the flow of your life.