"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender."
- Tupac Shakur
Adversity
"Should I just stop trying and give up? But then, that's exactly what they're waiting for me to do."
- Tupac Shakur
Perseverance
"If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day."
- Tupac Shakur
Hope
"You know nothing can stop me but loss of breath, and I'm still breathing so it's still on."
- Tupac Shakur
Determination
"Always do your best, don’t let the pressure make you panic."
- Tupac Shakur
Motivation
"Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared."
- Tupac Shakur
Resilience
"Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive."
- Tupac Shakur
Perseverance
"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
"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
"No matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya' head up and handle it."
- Tupac Shakur
Perseverance
"We wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals. In turn, we would all celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun."
- Tupac Shakur
Resilience
"Through every dog night there's a brighter day, so no matter how hard it gets stick your chest out keep your head up and handle it."
- Tupac Shakur
Perseverance
"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
"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
"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' see that'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
"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
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real."
- Tupac Shakur
Vision
"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
Motivation
"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
Strength
"Never surrender, it's all about the faith you got: don't ever stop, just push it 'till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fall"
- Tupac Shakur
Perseverance
"During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams"
- Tupac Shakur
Aspirations
"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
"we wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would all celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun, well, we are the roses, this is the concrete and these are my damaged petals, dont ask me why, thank god, and ask me how"
- Tupac Shakur
Inspiration
"Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit."
- Tupac Shakur
Happiness
"Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow."
- Tupac Shakur
Growth
"We're made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear."
- Tupac Shakur
Growth
"I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me."
- Tupac Shakur
Adaptation
"There's gonna be some stuff you gonna see that's gonna 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."
- Tupac Shakur
Positivity
"I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven."
- Tupac Shakur
Belief
"Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action."
- Tupac Shakur
Change
"To all the seeds that follow me, protect your essence. Born with less, but you still precious."
- Tupac Shakur
Self-esteem
"It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave."
- Tupac Shakur
Philosophy
"People die but legends live forever."
- Tupac Shakur
Success
"You gotta be able to smile through all this bulls--t. Remember that."
- Tupac Shakur
Positivity
"I'm kind of schizophrenic, I'm in this shit to win it.... ‘Cause life's a Wheel of Fortune, here's my chance to spin it."
- Tupac Shakur
Ambition
"2Pac cares if don't nobody else care."
- Tupac Shakur
Empathy
"I’d rather die like a man, than live like a coward."
- Tupac Shakur
Bravery
"Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?"
- Tupac Shakur
Courage
"My aim is to spread more smiles than tears."
- Tupac Shakur
Compassion
"I WANNA BE THE REALIST ARTIST EVER. I want everybody to talk about Tupac: He was the realist artist ever, never sold out, always stayed the same, couldn't stop him, they couldn't change him."
- Tupac Shakur
Integrity
"Why am I fighting to live, If I am just living to fight Why am I trying to see. When there aint nothing in sight Why am I trying to give, When no one gives me a try Why am I dying to live, If I am just living to die?"
- Tupac Shakur
Reflection
"They have money for war but can't feed the poor."
- Tupac Shakur
Awareness
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real."
- Tupac Shakur
Aspirations
"If you gonna do it, do it. If you want it pursue it."
- Tupac Shakur
Motivation
"Pay no mind to those who talk behind your back, it simply means that you are two steps ahead."
- Tupac Shakur
Self-confidence
"Life is a wheel of fortune and it's my turn to spin it."
- Tupac Shakur
Ambition
"I know what good morals are, but you're supposed to disregard good morals when you're living in a crazy, bad world. If you're in hell, how can you live like an angel? You're surrounded by devils,trying to be an angel? That's like suicide."
- Tupac Shakur
Philosophy
"A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once."
- Tupac Shakur
Courage
"The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it's planted in stone."
- Tupac Shakur
Resilience
"Since we all came from a women, got our name from a women, and our game from a women. I wonder why we take from women, why we rape our women, do we hate our women? I think its time we killed for our women, be real to our women, try to heal our women, cus if we dont we'll have a race of babies that will hate the ladies, who make the babies. And since a man can't make one he has no right to tell a women when and where to create one"
- Tupac Shakur
Respect
"All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me."
- Tupac Shakur
Resilience
"Our future is our confidence and self-esteem."
- Tupac Shakur
Self-confidence
"I make mistakes but learn from every one."
- Tupac Shakur
Learning from Mistakes
"Everybody's at war with different things. I'm at war with my own heart sometimes."
- Tupac Shakur
Adversity
"I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated."
- Tupac Shakur
Facing Fears
"This fast life soon shatters, 'cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter."
- Tupac Shakur
Aspirations
"Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes."
- Tupac Shakur
Adversity
"There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated"
- Tupac Shakur
Gratitude
"I hate the man in the mirror 'cause his reflection makes the pain turn realer."
- Tupac Shakur
Self-awareness
"One thing we all adore, something worth dying for, nothing but pain, stuck in this game, searchin’ for fortune and fame."
- Tupac Shakur
Ambition
"We can never go nowhere unless we share with each other."
- Tupac Shakur
Connection to Earth
"There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople billion dollars and then there’s people starving. There’s no way! There’s no way that these people should own planes and there people don’t have houses. Apartments. Shacks. Drawers. Pants! I know you’re rich. I know you got 40 billion dollars, but can you just keep it to one house? You only need ONE house. And if you only got two kids, can you just keep it to two rooms? I mean why have 52 rooms and you know there’s somebody with no room?! It just don’t make sense to me. It don’t."
- Tupac Shakur
Compassion
"You're right.I am crazy. But you know what else? I don't give a fuck."
- Tupac Shakur
Boldness
"If they take half the buildings that they use to praise God and give it to the motherf--kers who need God we'd be 'aight."
- Tupac Shakur
Awareness
"They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor."
- Tupac Shakur
Compassion