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Success Quotes by Jay-Z

9 Success quotes by Jay-Z

All Success quotes Jay-Z’s page

When you think of triumph, Jay‑Z’s voice often rings loud. This short set of nine quotes captures his perspective on what it means to win, stay hungry, and keep grinding. It’s a quick read that still packs the swagger and insight you expect from the hip‑hop mogul.

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You learn more in failure than you ever do in success

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I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

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Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you…

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You can want success all you want, but to get it, you can’t falter. You can’t slip. You can’t sleep. One eye…

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Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough

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Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're…

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Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you…

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I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of…

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I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you…

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I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction.

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There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can…

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All black everything, Ni**a you know my fresh code. Im out here fightin for you, dont increase my stress load.

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I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop.…

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Lord forgive me I never would've made it without sin.

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In trouble waters I had to learn how to float

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Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I…

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