Oprah Winfrey has been an inspiration and a role model to many people around the world through decades. She is smart, beautiful and successful. She didn't give up even when she was demoted from her job as a news anchor because she "wasn't fit for television". Moreover she started her own Talk show and is one of the The World's Richest Self-Made Women according to Forbes 2010 list. Here are some of Oprah's inspirational quotes on Weight and Body Image.

• I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
  
   
• The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
  
   
• If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.
  
   
• Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
  
   
• There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!
  
   
• It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and lessons to learn -- which is what life is all about.
  
   
• In every aspect of our lives we are always asking ourselves, "How am I of value? What is my worth?" Yet, I believe that worthiness is our birthright.
  
   
• Partake in some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.
  
   
• With every experience you alone are painting your own canvas -- thought by thought, choice by choice.
  
   
• Use what you have to run towards your best; that's how I now live my life.
  
   
• Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal and by maintaining focus.

by Ljiljana Kostic