"Those who need nothing attract everything."
Read quote
4 likes
Quote collection
Russell Simmons quotes (page 7 of 15)
286 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"Get your hustle on... Hard work is easy, working out is hard."
Read quote
4 likes
"There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind."
Read quote
4 likes
"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. I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I'm there with you every step of the way until that day comes..."
Read quote
4 likes
"No matter how rich you are, you cannot transport yourself to the future or the past."
Read quote
4 likes
"You just have to smile and breathe. You do the best you can with what you have and that's it."
Read quote
3 likes
"In my heart, I know that marriage equality for every human being isn't a question of if, but only a matter of when. I ask those who feel that giving freedom to others somehow binds you, to please take a good look at what you are standing behind."
Read quote
3 likes
"I don't know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It's the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others."
Read quote
3 likes
"You've got to keep reminding yourself of what's important."
Read quote
3 likes
"The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness."
Read quote
3 likes
"When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might've caused a lot of anxiety just come and go."
Read quote
3 likes
"I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so we can have a roadmap, because artists - almost every single artist in hip-hop, they paint a picture of society that's overlooked. The misogyny, the racism, the violence, the homophobia, these are things that we try to avoid instead of dealing with. All of that I see it so often."
Read quote
3 likes
"I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better... they're better people, right? They're segregated. It's self segregated in some cases, but there's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood."
Read quote
3 likes
"There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that."
Read quote
3 likes
"People are murdering each other without any recourse... So we need to get in our communities and work from the inside out."
Read quote
3 likes
"Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams."
Read quote
3 likes
"If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it."
Read quote
3 likes
"The less you need, the more you attract."
Read quote
3 likes
"I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement."
Read quote
3 likes
"No matter where you're from or what you've done, you're never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are."
Read quote
3 likes