Oprah Winfrey on disappointment
Oprah Winfrey98 quotes“If friends disappoint you over and over, that’s in large part your own fault.”
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Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
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Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey Once you clarify your purpose for doing something, the way to do it becomes clear.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey Everybody has a story. And there’s something to be learned from every experience.
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Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth.
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Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey Anything you can imagine, you can create.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey Everybody’s life matters.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey True forgiveness is when you can say, Thank you for that experience.
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Forgiveness comes after understanding & understanding comes after acceptance.
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Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
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Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
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Keep the same energy for joy that you pour into your disappointment.
Yasmine CheyenneYasmine Cheyenne What we have, what we wish we had – ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost – these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.
Mitt RomneyMitt Romney Suspense is worst than disappointment.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
Jack LondonJack London All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald She goes on. Despite the fears, struggles, obstacles and disappointments. She lives for love of self, love of life, and maybe one day for the love of someone else.
Samantha King HolmesSamantha King Holmes A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
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