It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
RUSSELL SIMMONSGet unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Those who need nothing attract everything.
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It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I’m an optimist.
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You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
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When the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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