I ain't a thug - how much Tupac in you you got?

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

If I have done good for someone I have done bad for the conservative society.

Starting requires motivation, finishing demands perseverance.

We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.

Our deeds will not cause God to love us more; our sins will not cause God to love us less.

Innovation is not the exclusive province of New Economy companies.

For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.

I don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning.

Sometimes we only see how people are different from us, but if you look hard enough, you can see how much we're all alike.

They know who keep a broken tryst, Till something from the Spring be missed We have not truly known the Spring.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.