"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."
"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who, from an early age, knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness."
"The reason I've been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money."
"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
-- At six years old Oprah Winfrey was sent north to join her mother and two half-brothers in a Milwaukee ghetto, an extremely poor and dangerous neighborhood. At twelve years old she was sent to live with her father in Nashville, Tennessee. Feeling secure and happy for a brief period she began making speeches at social gatherings and churches, and one time earned five hundred dollars for a speech. She knew then that she wanted to be "paid to talk."
Winfrey, again, was called back by her mother, and she had to leave the safety of her father's home. The poor, urban lifestyle had its negative effect on Winfrey as a young teenager, and her problems were compounded by repeated sexual abuse, starting at age nine, by men that others in her family trusted. Her mother worked odd jobs and did not have much time for supervision. After years of bad behavior, Winfrey's mother sent her back to her father in Nashville.
Winfrey said her father saved her life. He was very strict and provided her with guidance, structure, rules, and books. He required his daughter to complete weekly book reports, and she went without dinner until she learned five new vocabulary words each day." - biography.com
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist with a net worth of three billion US $.
(2017, Forbes)
No comments:
Post a Comment