Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, producer and author. The Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons had a net-worth estimate of $340 million in 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 October 1957
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
weakness persons knows
A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.
shining matter sun
Decide that no matter what is happening around you, the sun will always be shining in your world.
quitter no-failure
There are no failures, only quitters
teacher struggle happy-life
Embrace struggle... It is your greatest teacher.
running kids want
I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
trying one-day littles
I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.
effort focus results
Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.
trying use benefits
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.
clouds vision labels
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
stay-strong make-others-happy giving
Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
simple goal trying
Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
goal ultimate-goal ultimate
Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
mistake cost acknowledge
Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them.
understanding tolerance culture
...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.