"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."
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."
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."
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."
Resilience
"My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'"
Belief in Self
"During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams."
Aspirations
"If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day."
Hope
"So no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya head up…. and handle it."
"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."
"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."
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."
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."
Empowerment
"They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor."
Compassion
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real."
Vision
"People die but legends live forever."
Success
"Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action."
Change
"All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me."
Determination
"The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone."
"A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once."
"I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle. I make mistakes but learn from every one."
Self-improvement
"Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes."
"Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn’t mean you can’t grow."
"I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me."
"Life is a wheel of fortune and it’s my turn to spin it."
"Everytime I speak, I want the truth to come out. Everytime I speak I want a shiver."
Integrity
"We probably in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin’, everybody kissin’ ass to go to heaven ain’t goin’."
Philosophy
