Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey

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Lots of your friends want to ride with you in the limo, but what you...

Lots of your friends want to ride with you in the limo, but what you...

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can...

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can...

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it....

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it....

Why is it that hate comes out so easily, yet...love? It gets trapped inside.

Why is it that hate comes out so easily, yet...love? It gets trapped inside.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I...

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I...

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you...

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you...

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction....

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction....

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

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

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism....

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism....

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge...

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge...

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to...

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to...

We often block our own blessings because we don't feel good enough.

We often block our own blessings because we don't feel good enough.

Failure is defined by our reaction to it.

Failure is defined by our reaction to it.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is...

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is...

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.