"A true brother will always defend your honor."
- Nas
Love
"You could name practically any problem in the hood and there’d be a rap song for you."
- Nas
Awareness
"Don’t expect to see positive change when you surround yourself with negative people."
- Nas
Awareness
"The hood teaches you to find hope in despair, joy in sorrow, life in places where living is the hardest."
- Nas
Hope
"The streets may raise you, but they don’t have to define you."
- Nas
Self-awareness
"A year from now you will wish you had started today."
Future
"For I know the plans I have for you ... plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Future
"If you just submit yourself to fate, then that’s the end of it."
- Keiichi Maebara
Future
"The future depends on what you do today."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Future
"Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want."
- Ken Poirot
Future