Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Oprah Winfrey
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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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.
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. The light doesn't always necessarily have to be in your family; for me it was teachers and school.
I always knew I was destined for greatness.
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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.
I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my 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.
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
You are what you are by what you believe!
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