Oprah Winfrey

Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be, but it's a story about who you want to be.

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh.

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.