Russell Simmons

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. Pick people who are interested in what you're interested in.

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.

Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.