Oprah Winfrey Quotes About Past
-
This past Thanksgiving, my father was at the farm, and I had all 11 dogs in the house with a father who never allowed dogs in the house. And he got up to leave the table and came back and Solomon was in his chair. And he says, "This dog is in my chair." And I said, "It's the other way around, you're sitting in his chair."
→ -
You aren't your past, you are probability of your future.
→ -
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.
→ -
Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed
→ -
Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.
→ -
You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, "You can't." Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.
→ -
Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
→ -
There's nobody who would be willing to do an interview on a regular basis that you can't go and Google and find out what has happened to them in the past week. There's nobody.
→ -
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
→ -
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
→ -
The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.
→ -
Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.
→ -
If you live in the past and allow the past to define who you are, then you never grow.
→
Related Authors
-
Barack Obama 44th U.S. President -
Gayle King Magazine editor -
Bill Gates Investor -
Forest Whitaker Actor -
Bill Cosby Comedian -
Donald Trump 45th President of the United States -
Tyler Perry Actor -
Beyonce Knowles Recording Artist -
Whoopi Goldberg Comedian -
Ellen DeGeneres Comedian -
Carmen Ejogo Film actress -
Mehmet Oz Surgeon -
Mariah Carey Singer -
Maya Angelou Author -
Michelle Obama Former First Lady of the United States -
Stedman Graham Educator -
Deepak Chopra Author -
Ava DuVernay Filmmaker -
Phil McGraw Television personality -
Steve Harvey Actor