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Jamie Fleming-Dixon is the founder and author of ForColoredGurls.com. Her intention is to empower readers, inspire them to live their most fabulous lives and to motivate them to reach for their dreams and goals. This is done through motivational articles and quotes, interviews with women from all walks of life, posts on topics that affect every area of women's lives and more. For more info about Jamie and FCG, email her at info@forcoloredgurls.com.

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Jamie Fleming-Dixon is the founder and author of ForColoredGurls.com. Her intention is to empower readers, inspire them to live their most fabulous lives and to motivate them to reach for their dreams and goals. This is done through motivational articles and quotes, interviews with women from all walks of life, posts on topics that affect every area of women's lives and more. For more info about Jamie and FCG, email her at info@forcoloredgurls.com.

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As you all know, the final episode of Oprah’s talk show aired on May 25. Although I didn’t really watch her show all that often, she is definitely someone I look up to. Her story is so inspirational, and she is a testament to the fact that you can achieve great success, no matter who you are and where you come from.

So, here are some of my favorite inspirational and motivational quotes from the Queen of Daytime TV. I hope they inspire you, too:

• You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
• You are worthy because you are born. You alone are enough.
• You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.
• Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are, in essence, ignoring the owner’s manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.
• I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.”
• Your mistake does not define who you are…you are your possibilities.
• 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.
• Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.
• Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
• There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.
• Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
• It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you– always.
• What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
• What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
• My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.  

What’s your favorite Oprah saying/quote?

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Jamie Fleming-Dixon is the founder and author of ForColoredGurls.com. Her intention is to empower readers, inspire them to live their most fabulous lives and to motivate them to reach for their dreams and goals. This is done through motivational articles and quotes, interviews with women from all walks of life, posts on topics that affect every area of women's lives and more. For more info about Jamie and FCG, email her at info@forcoloredgurls.com.

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Jamie Fleming-Dixon is the founder and author of ForColoredGurls.com. Her intention is to empower readers, inspire them to live their most fabulous lives and to motivate them to reach for their dreams and goals. This is done through motivational articles and quotes, interviews with women from all walks of life, posts on topics that affect every area of women's lives and more. For more info about Jamie and FCG, email her at info@forcoloredgurls.com.

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- Queen Latifah

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Jamie Fleming-Dixon is the founder and author of ForColoredGurls.com. Her intention is to empower readers, inspire them to live their most fabulous lives and to motivate them to reach for their dreams and goals. This is done through motivational articles and quotes, interviews with women from all walks of life, posts on topics that affect every area of women's lives and more. For more info about Jamie and FCG, email her at info@forcoloredgurls.com.

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In the April issue of Essence, they give 40 ways to get a fresh start for spring. And yes, I know the official date of spring has come and gone, but I wanted to share a few with you because I think they’re helpful [hope you think so, too!]Refuse to wait another day! Start small but start now. If you haven’t already, record goals for the remainder of the year.

Go on vice patrol. Life coach and clinical psychologist Pamela Thompson offers an exercise that can help you break bad habits and radically alter your perspective. “I often recomend spring-cleaning the heart and mind with a fast,” she says. That means for 21 days, her clients give up one or more of the following: complaints, gossip, sex outside of marriage, screens [including TV, movies and even their computer or Blackberry if they can manage it] and unnecessary spending. By the time you end the fast, she explains, you’ll reset your life. [I plan to try one of these in April; I'll keep you posted.]

Forgive someone.

Before we can push out new roots and shoots in our lives, we have to clear mental debris that can choke off our dreams. Often that means forgiving some people in your life, says motivational speaker Bessie A. Winn-Afeku, who runs an advocacy foundation promoting self-esteem in women and girls. “The last thing you want to do is enter a new phase of your life holding on to old grudges,” she says. Practicing forgiveness is one of the most powerful ways to achieve a clean slate.

Clear clutter.

Surrounded by piles of magazines, junk mail, gifts you never use or clothes you never wear? “If you haven’t looked at an item in a year, get rid of it,” advises interior decorator Lisa Turner.

See your dreams in Technicolor.

Hang a corkboard in your bedroom or study, and fill it with photos of what you desire. Aiming to get promoted? Add pics of successful sisters like Oprah and Michelle Obama. Fantasizing about a vacation? Post images of your ideal destination. [See how to make one in this post.]

Forgive someone. Before we can push out new roots and shoots in our lives, we have to clear mental debris that can choke off our dreams. Often that means forgiving some people in your life, says motivational speaker Bessie A. Winn-Afeku, who runs an advocacy foundation promoting self-esteem in women and girls. “The last thing you want to do is enter a new phase of your life holding on to old grudges,” she says. Practicing forgiveness is one of the most powerful ways to achieve a clean slate.

Clear clutter. Surrounded by piles of magazines, junk mail, gifts you never use or clothes you never wear? “If you haven’t looked at an item in a year, get rid of it,” advises interior decorator Lisa Turner.

 See your dreams in Technicolor. Hang a corkboard in your bedroom or study, and fill it with photos of what you desire. Aiming to get promoted? Add pics of successful sisters like Oprah and Michelle Obama. Fantasizing about a vacation? Post images of your ideal destination. [See how to make one in this post.]

Get your beauty sleep. It combats stress, boosts energy and optimism, wards off high blood pressure and diabetes and even primes your body to shed pounds more easily. So invest in some silky sheets and luxuriate in dreamland for eight hours every night.

Expect miracles. “Even if what is taking place in your life at the moment seems negative, expect God to bring good out,” says Joyce Meyer, a leading practical Bible teacher.

Find your true passion. Stacey Tisdale, coauthor of “The True Cost of Happiness,” suggests adapting an approach from life planner George Kinder. Ask yourself these three questions: 1) If money were not an issue, what would you do with your life?; 2) If your doctor informed you that you’d live without physical distress but would die in 10 years, what changes would you make?; 3) If you just had 24 hours, left on earth, what would be your regrets?

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Jamie Fleming-Dixon is the founder and author of ForColoredGurls.com. Her intention is to empower readers, inspire them to live their most fabulous lives and to motivate them to reach for their dreams and goals. This is done through motivational articles and quotes, interviews with women from all walks of life, posts on topics that affect every area of women's lives and more. For more info about Jamie and FCG, email her at info@forcoloredgurls.com.

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~Amy Dubois Barnett

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~Amanda Hunt

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When I read books, I always highlight things that I think are important and that I should remember. As I was reading yesterday, I found other things I overlooked the first [or second, or third time reading it]…anyway, I, of course, decided to share [some] with you all:

The following is Dubois’s personal philosophy- she calls them seven simple rules that ultimately saved her life:

1. Embrace fear as growth
2. Be true to yourself.
3. Realize your value and demand the best.
4. Put into the universe what you want to get back.
5. Have integrity.
6. Stay independent.
7. Do something meaningful everyday.

She goes on to say she’s developed what she calls the ‘get yours’ school of thought. This is what she means:

“Get the absolute most out of this life that you possibly can. Figure out what your real passions are and who you want to be- and stay true to that always. Push yourself toward your best life every single day in every single area- health, career, family, friends and relationships. Commit to your dreams: Know that realizing them won’t be easy, but that the satisfaction you will feel after having worked toward something important will be as fulfilling as achieving the goal. And understand that energy is real and the universe is more sensitive than you think. Be generous and patient and kind-not only because it’s your responsibility as a citizen of the world, but because you will receive tenfold what you give in return.”

Although I’ve been doing some of these, I’m going to try to do all of them so I can live my best life. What about you?

Jamie Fleming