ADVICE AND ENCOURAGMENT Oprah's Quotes & Affirmations From the Book Oprah In Her Own Words

ADVICE AND ENCOURAGMENT
Oprah Winfrey– “Pay attention to your feelings. The path to
discovering why you are here is through your feelings.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I pay attention to my feelings.”

Oprah Winfrey– “I don’t believe in coincidences.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I do not believe in coincidences.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the
past can be changed.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I forgive and let go of wanting to
change the past.”

Oprah Winfrey– “You cannot hate other people without hating
yourself.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I love others as I love myself.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Follow your instincts. That’s where true
wisdom manifests itself.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I follow my true instincts.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Never take a ‘no’ from somebody who isn’t in a
position to give you a ‘yes’ in the first place.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I never take ‘no’ from somebody who
isn’t in a position to say ‘yes’ in the first place.”

Oprah Winfrey– “If you believe you can only go so far, it is an
obstacle.”
Suggested Affirmation: “All things are possible because I
believe.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Your true passion should feel like breathing;
it’s that natural.”
Suggested Affirmation: “My true passion feels like breathing
to me.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Always continue the climb. It is possible for
you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you
are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than
ourselves to do it.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I am always climbing.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Devote today to something so daring even you
can’t believe you’re doing it.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I do things so daring that at first I do
not believe it’s me doing them.”

Oprah Winfrey– “When someone shows you who they are,
believe them the first time.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I believe people are who they show me
they are.”

Oprah Winfrey– “We are each responsible for our own life–no
other person is or even can be.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I am responsible for my own life.”
Suggested Inquiry: If I’m not responsible for my own life then
who is?

Oprah Winfrey– “Don’t live your life to please other people.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I live my life to please myself not
others.”

Oprah Winfrey– “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to
live the life of your dreams.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I live the life of my dreams.”

Oprah Winfrey– “You are what you are by what you believe!”
Suggested Affirmation: “I believe the sky is the limit.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Every time you state what you want or
believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and
others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on
yourself.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I say what I want and do not put a
ceiling on myself.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Partake of some of life’s sweet pleasures. And
yes, get comfortable with yourself.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I partake of some of life’s sweet
pleasures. I am comfortable with myself.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Become the change you want to see–those are
words I live by.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I am becoming the positive change I
want to be.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Be more splendid; more extraordinary. Use
every moment to fill yourself up.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I am more splendid and extraordinary
than I was yesterday.”

Oprah Winfrey– “You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at
once.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I can have it all in due time.”

Oprah Winfrey– “I do not know what the future holds but I know
who holds the future.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I hold the future in my hands.”

Oprah Winfrey– “My philosophy is that not only are you
responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts
you in the best place for the next moment.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I am responsible for my life, and I do
my best at this moment.”

Oprah Winfrey– “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing
that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
Suggested Affirmation: “I maintain my integrity by doing the
right thing regardless as to others’ knowledge of my actions

(c) Tuchy Palmieri June 7th 2011 From the book "Oprah in Her Words"
by Tuchy Palmieri