Top 475 Quotes & Sayings by Tupac Shakur - Page 2

A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.

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

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

No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you.

Break the chains in our brains that make us fear.

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

Study your lessons, don't settle for less.

I'm down for you, so ride with me. My enemies your enemies, Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me.

I have no patience for anybody who doubts me, none at all.

Sometimes I sit and look at life from a different angle.

I gotta big mouth, I can't help it, I talk from my heart, I'm real, whatever comes comes. But my controversy problem, it's not my fault, I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just make money off of everybody. So I go down paths that haven't been traveled before and I usually mess up, but I learn, I come back stronger.

When I say ' thug' I mean not a criminal, someone who beats you over the head, I mean the underdog. You could have two people- one person has everything he needs to succeed and one person has nothing. If the person who has nothing succeeds, he's a thug. Cuz he overcame all the obstacles.

Tomorrow comes after the dark

The trick is to never lose hope!

You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it.

Role is something people play, model is something people make, both of those things are fake.

Oh Lord, help me change my ways, Show a litlle mercy on judgement day, It aint me I was raised this way, Never let em' play me for a busta, Makin' hell for a huslter.

A woman bought you into this world, so you have no right to disrespect one.

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.

They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor.

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.

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.

Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.

How many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness.

I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.

I have no fear, I have only ambition, and I want mine, And I will do anything to protect and feed my family.

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!

I'm not saying girls are perfect, because we all know that's not true. But why be unfaithful to her if she was true to you.

No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and greed.

Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in case I don't get in.

I thought I had friends but in the end n*iggaz dies lonely.

Real eyes, realize, real lies.

I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I'm supposed to be.

Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love, all that love I gave didn't mean nothing when it came to fear.

If God wanted me to be quiet he would’ve never showed me what he does.

If I upset you, don't stress. Never forget That God isn't finished with me yet. I feel His hand on my brain... When I write rhymes, I go blind and let the Lord do His thang.

Heaven ain't hard to find; all you gotta do is look.

Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address.

Things change that's the way it is.

I feel that what was done in the dark will come to light. There are secrets everybody's gonna find out about.

Maybe in time you'll understand only God can save us.

Sometimes when I'm alone I Cry, Cause I am on my own. The tears I cry are bitter and warm. They flow with life but take no form I Cry because my heart is torn. I find it difficult to carry on. If I had an ear to confide in, I would cry among my treasured friend, but who do you know that stops that long, to help another carry on. The world moves fast and it would rather pass by. Then to stop and see what makes one cry, so painful and sad. And sometimes... I Cry and no one cares about why.

It's hard to care when no one loves you.

For every single dark night there is a brighter day.

Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight.

Feel me now, picture my pain, embrace my words, make the world change.

But tomorrow I see a change, a chance to build anew, built on Spirit, intent of heart, and ideas based on truth. Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong ideas of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.

Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing.

Take ones adversity Learn from their misfortune Learn from their pain Believe in something Believe in yourself Turn adversity into ambition Now blossom into wealth

You either ride with us, or collide with us.

I'm not saying I'm going to rule the world, I'm going to change the world. But I guarantee I will spark the brain that will change the world. And that's our job. It's to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the one, but let's not be selfish. And because we['re] not going to change the world, not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it. But I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody's going to clean it up!

Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance.

Can’t sleep ‘cause all the dirt make my heart hurt

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask.

fear no man but only God

Don't live to fight, fight to live.

You have to work from one point to go to another. So I admire work ethic, I think it should be reinforced through our neighborhoods, that everybody should work hard, practice makes perfect, you have to be diligent with what you want, you have to apply yourself, you have to motivate your self. You have to do for self by yourself, and then you can do things for other people. That's what I had to do, I had to do for self.