I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
Oprah WinfreyRead
I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.
Interpretation
Education and communication empower individuals to take control of their lives.
In this quote, Oprah Winfrey emphasizes the transformative power of education and communication in nurturing individual strength and autonomy. She believes that equipping people with knowledge and the ability to convey their thoughts can significantly enhance their ability to navigate and influence their circumstances, ultimately leading to personal and collective empowerment.
In practice
During a graduation speech to inspire graduates about the importance of lifelong learning.
I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.
I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.
What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you
Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
Ideally, we should like to define a good book as one which 'permits, invites, or compels' good reading
In the 1970s, what I, as a young foreign student studying in the United States, found most dynamic, exciting and impressive about this country is what much of the world continues to value most about the U.S. today: its open intellectual culture, its great universities, its capacity for discovery and innovation.
At Chicago I offer a course on Emotion, Reason and the Law that law students just love. But I am not there as a lawyer, my job is to teach philosophy.
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