"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared."
- Tupac Shakur
Growth
"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender."
- Tupac Shakur
Adversity
"You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on."
- Tupac Shakur
Adaptation
"I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it."
- Tupac Shakur
Courage
"There's gon' be some stuff you gon' seethat's gon' make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit. Remember that."
- Tupac Shakur
Resilience
"My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'"
- Tupac Shakur
Belief in Self
"During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams."
- Tupac Shakur
Aspirations
"If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day."
- Tupac Shakur
Hope
"So no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya head up…. and handle it."
- Tupac Shakur
Courage
"In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that."
- Tupac Shakur
Resilience
"I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear."
- Tupac Shakur
Personal Growth
"I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world."
- Tupac Shakur
Ambition
"Only God Can Judge Me. That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life."
- Tupac Shakur
Empowerment
"They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor."
- Tupac Shakur
Compassion
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real."
- Tupac Shakur
Vision
"People die but legends live forever."
- Tupac Shakur
Success
"Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action."
- Tupac Shakur
Change
"All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me."
- Tupac Shakur
Determination
"The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone."
- Tupac Shakur
Resilience
"A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once."
- Tupac Shakur
Courage
"I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle. I make mistakes but learn from every one."
- Tupac Shakur
Self-improvement
"Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes."
- Tupac Shakur
Adversity
"Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn’t mean you can’t grow."
- Tupac Shakur
Growth
"I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me."
- Tupac Shakur
Adaptation
"Life is a wheel of fortune and it’s my turn to spin it."
- Tupac Shakur
Ambition
"Everytime I speak, I want the truth to come out. Everytime I speak I want a shiver."
- Tupac Shakur
Integrity
"We probably in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin’, everybody kissin’ ass to go to heaven ain’t goin’."
- Tupac Shakur
Philosophy