“The hood teaches you to find hope in despair, joy in sorrow, life in places where living is the hardest.”
"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 streets may raise you, but they don’t have to define you."
- Nas
Self-awareness
"The hood doesn’t break us; it makes us. It’s the forge where diamonds are shaped."
- Nas
Resilience
"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"No one is beyond redemption."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."
- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Hope
"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."
- Cormac McCarthy
Hope
"Light tomorrow with today."
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hope