Russell Simmons Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.

  Russell Simmons

  Giving, World, Reservations

  FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Sep 21, 2015

• "...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based on a constant flow of giving and recieving. In fact, if you look up affluence in the dictionary, you'll see its root is a Latin phrase meaning "to flow with abundance". So in order to be truly affluent, you must always let what you have recieved flow back into the world."

  Russell Simmons

  Success, Business, Latin

• Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.

  Russell Simmons

  Stay Strong, Make Others Happy, Giving

  FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Sep 01, 2016

• 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. If you don't, they're going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.

  Russell Simmons

  Giving, Soul, Buckets

  Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (2007). “Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success”, p.85, Penguin

• If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.

  Russell Simmons

  Successful, Giving, Wake Up

  "Hip-hop philosopher". Interview with Lisa-Marie Klimas, www.seventeen.com. February 22, 2007.

• The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best

  Russell Simmons

  Happiness, Keys, Giving

  Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (2007). “Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success”, p.103, Penguin

• I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.

  Russell Simmons

  Ignorance, Fighting, Opportunity

  Twitter post from Sep 20, 2016

• 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.

  Russell Simmons

  Heart, Gay, Giving

  "It Is Not A Matter of If, But Only A Matter of When" by Russell Simmons, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2009.

• You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've learned one thing in all my years in the business, it's that often things don't work out the way you want at first. But that doesn't mean you should give up.

  Russell Simmons

  Success, Giving Up, Business

• 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.

  Russell Simmons

  Jobs, Father, Thinking

  "Hip-hop philosopher". Interview with Lisa-Marie Klimas, www.seventeen.com. February 22, 2007.

• There are songs and melody that make you really happy. And there are spiritual gifts that you have - giving these gifts away sometimes gives you that feeling of inspiration. These seconds of awareness make you realize that any second can be your favorite one, and it really is up to you.

  Russell Simmons

  Spiritual, Song, Inspiration

• I want to do and I'm giving all the profits to charity, is to teach people to meditate. All it takes is a little bit of patience.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Giving, Charity

• There was a moment when I was watching Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Badboys' that I felt, you know, inspired. I don't know if I was proud, because so many people do the work. Everyone's part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.

  Russell Simmons

  Team, Years, People

• A more happy mind leads to quietness and clarity. And that clarity helps you have a greater capacity to do more and to become more successful and more giving.

  Russell Simmons

  Successful, Giving, Mind

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• The past gives great examples of what can happen in the future. It's always important to remember.

  Russell Simmons

  Past, Giving, Important

• They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.

  Russell Simmons

  Giving, Hollywood, Culture

• The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?

  Russell Simmons

  Giving

  Source: aalbc.com

• If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you'll receive good.

  Russell Simmons

  Karma, Giving, World

  Twitter post from Jan 07, 2017

• Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate.

  Russell Simmons

  Compassion, People, Giving

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 26, 2002.

• As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it’s the cycle of giving and getting.

  Russell Simmons

  Motivational, Inspirational Running, Giving

  "Russell Simmons Interview With ORIGIN Magazine: How To Make Positive Changes". Interview With Ocean Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 3, 2013.

• Quit taking, start giving.

  Russell Simmons

  Giving, Quitting

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