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“In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That's to have a vision and to stick with it... Once I have a vision for a new venture, I'm going to ride that vision until the wheels come off.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Vision #Sticks #Venture
“I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what's on people's minds and I don't think it's any different now.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Thinking #Artist #People
“Whatever obstacles appear in your path, put your head down and get past them. Those obstacles aren't real. They're just God's way of testing you. He's asking you, 'Do you want to make it or not?'”
-- Russell Simmons

#Military #Real #Past
“I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Jobs #Thinking #Artist
“When you do good by the world, the world will do good by you”
-- Russell Simmons

#World
“There is a subject - there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that's sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Sex #Reflection #Reality
“When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Giving #World #Reservations
“There is no religious or any kind of a gender that should separate you from any religious ideas.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Religious #Ideas #Kind
“I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that's when you're able to think and learn.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Insomnia #Thinking #Anxiety
“Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Running #Realizing #Chasing
“Decide that no matter what is happening around you, the sun will always be shining in your world.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Shining #Matter #Sun
“There are no failures, only quitters”
-- Russell Simmons

#Quitter #No Failure
“"...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based on a constant flow of giving and recieving. In fact, if you look up affluence in the dictionary, you'll see its root is a Latin phrase meaning "to flow with abundance". So in order to be truly affluent, you must always let what you have recieved flow back into the world."”
-- Russell Simmons

#Business #Latin #Successful
“Embrace struggle... It is your greatest teacher.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Teacher #Struggle #Happy Life
“I know some people say "Keep your eyes on the prize," but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you're going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you've got to keep your eyes focused on the path.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Military #Eye #People
“Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.”
-- Russell Simmons

#People #Surround Yourself With People #Surround Yourself
“Happy can make you money, but money can't make you happy.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Make You Happy
“Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Mistake #Cost #Acknowledge
“A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Weakness #Persons
“No matter what you're doing, try to work at that task like it's your dream job.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Dream #Jobs #Trying
“Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Clouds #Vision #Labels
“My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Artist #Creative #World
“It is crucial that rappers have the chance to express the truth that is in their heart.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Heart #Rapper #Chance
“I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Thinking #Inspirational Running #Afraid Of Failure
“The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best”
-- Russell Simmons

#Happiness #Keys #Giving
“If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Decision #Remember #Breathe
“Everyone's goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Positivity #Goal
“What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Faith #Ideas #People
“Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Simple #Goal #Trying
“...if we are open and we prepare for promoting dialogue and love, and a better understanding of each other, and tolerance and so forth, that's what the world will become, a more tolerant, loving place.”
-- Russell Simmons

#Understanding #Tolerance #Culture

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