Curtis Jackson Quotes

I believe great people do things before they are ready.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

Lengthen your stride/go the extra mile

Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.

No one ever accomplished anything great sitting down.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

Somebody told me that if you wake up every day and do stuff that's easy, then you're doing the wrong thing. If you wake up every day and do stuff that's really hard and you manage to get through to people, then you're doing the right thing. They might have just fooled me by telling me that, but it worked. I think that's my philosophy.

When people say to me: "Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens..." If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

Easy doesn't do it.

As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life - no matter how impossible it seems - you need to fight for it.

Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready.