just when i thought i had everything, i lost it all Jay-Z More Quotes by Jay-Z More Quotes From Jay-Z When you step outside of school and have to teach yourself about life, you develop a different relationship to information. I've never been a purely linear thinker. You can see it in my rhymes. My mind is always jumping around, restless, making connections, mixing and matching ideas, rather than marching in a straight line. That's why I'm always stressing focus. My thoughts chase each other from room to room in my head if I let them, so sometimes I have to slow myself down. Jay-Z stressjumpingschool Don't make decisions based on the fear. Jay-Z decision The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up. Jay-Z not-giving-upgiving-upgenius I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. Jay-Z hungry-for-knowledgehungry-for-successwhole Males shouldnt be jealous. Thats a female trait. Jay-Z malesjealousfemale May the best of your today's be the worst of your tomorrow's Jay-Z tomorrowmaytoday You can want success all you want, but to get it, you can’t falter. You can’t slip. You can’t sleep. One eye open, for real, and forever. Jay-Z eyerealsleep No one's walking around here perfect. Everyone's gonna make mistakes. That's part of how you learn. Jay-Z making-mistakesperfectmistake Leave a mark they can't erase, neither space nor time. Jay-Z erasemarkspace I'm not concerned with noise because I'm playing the long game. Jay-Z gamesinspirationallong Difficult takes a day Jay-Z hip-hopimpossiblesleep I keep my enemies close/ I give 'em enough rope/ They put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair. Jay-Z airgivingenemy I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me. Jay-Z flowermouths Nine to five is how ya survive, I ain't trying to survive Jay-Z aliveand-lovetrying I'd rather die enormous than live dormant. Jay-Z dormantenormousdies I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don't like what you see, then you've done something. If I'm standoffish, that's because you are. Jay-Z mirrorsdoneifs There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be. Jay-Z were-meant-to-bethreetogether I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people. I've always wanted to stay true to myself, and I've managed to do that. People have to accept that. Jay-Z peoplewayneeds Life is a gift, love opens it up. Jay-Z life-is-a-giftlife-is In trouble waters I had to learn how to float Jay-Z floatstroublewater
