Oprah Winfrey Quotes

The most important thing is contribution because the secret to living is giving. If you catch on to that you start realizing that there's nothing you can get that comes close to what you can give. Life is calling all of us to be more than just about ourselves and that is when we get that spiritual hit.

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

To have a meaningful life, you have to be of service …

All we can do is just think about what we can put into the world - not really kind of what we can get out of it.

We feel like if we can give back, that's what we are called to do. So we've been fortunate to do a lot of really cool things and touch a lot of people's lives.

If you devote yourself to more than yourself ... you will have more than yourself to show for yourself.

Remember, purpose is about giving...All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others.

For me, success is being able to give back to your friends, your family, your community, those in need and the world entire.

Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.

To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.

There are many ways to serve.

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

What am I doing with the gifts that have been given and the opportunities that are mine to make things better for others? I think it's always - success has to be beyond the person who is themselves working for personal success. It's also got to be helping someone else.

I do everything I can on a daily basis just so I can have something to give back to the world.

It is more important to be of service than successful.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, "I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good father, husband, churchgoer." That's all very well. But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.

I'm going to go wherever I'm needed.

Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.

All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.

Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.