More From Oprah Winfrey
- "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
- "Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi."
- "I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear."
More In Wisdom
- "Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying."― Johannes Tauler
- "The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought."― Edward Young
- "We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."― Robert E. Lee