Russell Simmons Quotes

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• Embrace struggle... It is your greatest teacher.
• Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.
• Everyone's goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
• 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…
• 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.…
• 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…
• 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 just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.
• Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish.…
• There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.
• In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
• The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of thought." And that's…
• The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what…
• The pain that's created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because if you don't…
• In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as…
• Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.
• What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves.
• A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the…
• You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
• America, you know, they always separate people because of race. They've been able to convince, 'The niggers are coming.' You know, the diversity that America…

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