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Faith & Spirit Quote by Russell Simmons

"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"

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Russell Simmons is selling a spiritual brand of ambition: success with a conscience, capitalism with a halo. The line reads like a personal mission statement, but it’s also a public-facing pivot. “I try” keeps it humble enough to disarm cynics, while “make my life about service” elevates his biography from mogul to moral actor. It’s the language of redemption without an explicit confession, a way to claim ethical seriousness without getting pinned down by specifics.

The clever move is the verb “see.” It’s not just about believing; it’s about perception, a promise of clearer vision that doubles as cultural critique. If God is “with everyone and everywhere,” then the usual hierarchies - fame, money, access - start to look spiritually flimsy. That’s an attractive idea coming from a businessman whose career depended on building hierarchies of taste and power. The subtext: I’ve been in the center of the machine, and I’m telling you there’s something bigger than it.

Context matters because Simmons has long mixed entrepreneurship with philanthropy and wellness language, especially as hip-hop’s first generation of tycoons aged into elder statesmen. This quote sits in that late-career tradition: the mogul repositions himself as guide. It’s inclusive, deliberately non-denominational, and socially usable. By framing God as omnipresent, he sidesteps sectarian fights and aims for a moral commons - a line designed to travel well in interviews, charity appeals, and comeback narratives alike.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Simmons, Russell. (2026, January 16). 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. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-try-to-make-my-life-about-service-and-hope-that-118421/

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Simmons, Russell. "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." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-try-to-make-my-life-about-service-and-hope-that-118421/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"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." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-try-to-make-my-life-about-service-and-hope-that-118421/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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Russell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is a Businessman from USA.

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