Oprah Winfrey

"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."

"Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem."

"I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity."

"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity."

"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 grandmother's life."

"I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process."