"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
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience