Russell Simmons Quotes

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

Anything is better than sitting around waiting for the right movie to come along. I lose my edge when I'm sitting around the pool not working.

I'm about working, getting better, and proving people wrong.

Life teaches you it's not where you come from, it's where you get to, and work is exactly the same.

We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.

The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity

I get really fantastic results when I just get out of my own way.

The elevator to success is broken, take the stairs.

Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your passion and get good at it.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on

I think I'd like to be inspirational to anyone who has a dream, anyone who wants to make more of their life than maybe what is set out in front of them. And you can!

Keep grindin' boy, your life can change in one year, And even when it's dark out, the sun is shining somewhere

You have to get to the next level, or you're gonna get stuck where you are for the rest of your life.

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.

No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will.

I think success is a lot more healthy than failure.

There's few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.

You cannot make progress with excuses.

Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the working-day, he may safely leave the result to itself. He can with perfect certainty count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation.

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

If you're waiting for inspiration, you'll wait until you're dead.