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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

2274 | Oprah Winfrey: “People Who Want the Best for You, Always Want You to Be Your Best.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Business

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Oprah Winfrey delivers timeless wisdom on success, relationships, and self-worth. She reminds us that not everyone will celebrate our growth, and that we must surround ourselves with people who truly want the best for us.

Transcript

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0:00.0

People don't always like you.

0:02.7

And they're not always happy for you.

0:05.4

And if you surround yourself with people who are not accustomed to your success,

0:12.3

they become fearful.

0:14.5

They become scared because you are reflecting back something to them that they don't recognize.

0:36.1

Welcome back to the quoteote of the Day show.

0:38.2

I'm your host Sean Croxton at Sean Croxton.com.

0:41.1

We got Oprah Winfrey on the show today.

0:43.6

I played this clip maybe two years ago.

0:46.7

Also turned it into an Instagram reel.

0:49.2

Got about a million views on it.

0:50.7

So I assume people liked it.

0:52.6

And I think one of the reasons that it speaks to people

0:54.9

is because, like, we all know that there is a price of success. And that price is the fact that not

1:02.4

everybody's going to like it, right? Not everybody's going to like the fact that you are successful

1:07.6

and not going to like the fact that you're trying to become successful. It just makes some people feel really uncomfortable for whatever reason it may be for them. And she'll talk about that in a minute. But, you know, the deal is you want to surround yourself with people who support you. I don't have to tell you this. But you also want to surround yourself with people who want you to be your very best. And if they don't want that, you're probably hanging out with the wrong people.

1:30.7

Oprah Winfrey is coming up.

1:33.5

The most important thing I have come to know in doing the right thing and making the right choices

1:40.8

is understanding what we talked about yesterday.

1:49.7

All of you leaving here have the potential for enormous success.

1:57.3

There's a price that comes with that. People don't always like you.

2:03.1

And they're not always happy for you.

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