I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And thats how I operate my life. – Oprah Winfrey
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
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, you are going to have to learn to do this, and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmothers life. – Oprah Winfrey
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