“Revolution is about change, and the first place the change begins is in yourself.”
"Love is contraband in Hell, cause love is an acid that eats away bars."
- Assata Shakur
Love
"I’m not quite sure what freedom is, but I know damn well what it ain’t. How have we gotten so silly, I wonder."
- Assata Shakur
Awareness
"Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other peoples’ freedom as well."
- Assata Shakur
Compassion
"I believe in living. I believe in birth. I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth. And I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, seasick sailors, can still be guided him to port."
- Assata Shakur
Hope
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
- Assata Shakur
Adversity
"When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Change
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
- Anaïs Nin
Change
"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Change
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."
- William James
Change
"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."
- Dolly Parton
Change