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73 Amazing Quotes By Tupac Shakur That Will Change Your Life

Famous As: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone
Born On: June 16, 1971
Died On: September 13, 1996
Born In: New York City, New York, United States
Died At Age: 25

Lesane Parish Crooks, who became popularly known as Tupac Amaru Shakur, was a rap artist, actor, music record producer and poet from the United States, who is now regarded as one of the greatest musicians to have ever lived due to his talent and cultural impact. Shakur grew up in New York and started off his career as a part of the hip hop band Digital Underground. Some of his most famous studio albums include Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.AZ.., Me Against the World, 2Pacalypes Now and All Eyez on Me. Among them All Eyez on Me went on to break plenty of records as it became one of the best-selling albums in the world and is still a huge hit; while his compilation Greatest Hits was also a record breaker in terms of sales. On the other hand, Tupac has also become a cultural icon due to the way in which he handled societal issues in his songs and he remains one of the most popular stars in the world even though he passed away in 1996. Shakur was without doubt a great thinker, artist and orator, who also delivered some killer lines. Here are the some of the best quotes by Tupac Shakur.

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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

Tupac Shakur
I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

Tupac Shakur
I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.

I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.

Tupac Shakur
You're right.I am crazy. But you know what else? I don't give a fuck.

You're right.I am crazy. But you know what else? I don't give a fuck.

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

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

Tupac Shakur
I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.

I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.

Tupac Shakur
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real.

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

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

Tupac Shakur
A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.

A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.

Tupac Shakur
Hate to sound sleazy, 
but tease me, 
I don't want it if it's that easy

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy

Tupac Shakur
Only God Can Judge Me
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my 
life

Only God Can Judge Me That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life

Tupac Shakur
My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.

Tupac Shakur
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

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

Tupac Shakur
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

Tupac Shakur
In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that.

In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that.

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

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

Tupac Shakur
Fear is stronger than love

Fear is stronger than love

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

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

Tupac Shakur
Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

Tupac Shakur
There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated

There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated

Tupac Shakur
I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

Tupac Shakur
It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.

Tupac Shakur
No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn't glorify any image. My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It's all about emotion, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.

No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn't glorify any image. My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It's all about emotion, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.

Tupac Shakur
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.

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.

Tupac Shakur
All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.

All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.

Tupac Shakur
Only God can judge me.

Only God can judge me.

Tupac Shakur
Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?

Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?

Tupac Shakur
I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward

I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward

Tupac Shakur
I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

Tupac Shakur
For every dark night, there's a brighter day.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day.

Tupac Shakur
Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots

Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots

Tupac Shakur
It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other

It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other

Tupac Shakur
Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.

Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.

Tupac Shakur
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Tupac Shakur
My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated

My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated

Tupac Shakur
It don't stop 'til the casket drop.

It don't stop 'til the casket drop.

Tupac Shakur
And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink.

And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink.

Tupac Shakur
Even the genius ask questions.

Even the genius ask questions.

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

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

Tupac Shakur
As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal

As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal

Tupac Shakur
You know it's funny, when it rains it pours
they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

Tupac Shakur
The seed must grow regardless 
Of the fact that it’s planted in stone

The seed must grow regardless Of the fact that it’s planted in stone

Tupac Shakur
Now ain nobody tell us it would be fair no love for my father cause the coward wasn't their

Now ain nobody tell us it would be fair no love for my father cause the coward wasn't their" {Tu Pac Shukur}

Tupac Shakur
Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies

Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies

Tupac Shakur
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk
without having feet

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet

Tupac Shakur
Woke up screaming fuck the world

Woke up screaming fuck the world

Tupac Shakur
We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin.

We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin.

Tupac Shakur
I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection

I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection

Tupac Shakur
Instead of war on poverty,
they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.

Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.

Tupac Shakur
Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing, don’t believe him. And if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him.

Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing, don’t believe him. And if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him.

Tupac Shakur
You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left.

You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left." Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur
If they take half the buildings that they use to praise god and give it to the motherfuckers who need god we'd be 'aight

If they take half the buildings that they use to praise god and give it to the motherfuckers who need god we'd be 'aight

Tupac Shakur
For quiet times disappear listen to the ocean

For quiet times disappear listen to the ocean

Tupac Shakur
The
Harm 
U 
Gave 

Little 
Infants 
Fucks 
Everyone

The Harm U Gave Little Infants Fucks Everyone

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

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

Tupac Shakur
Don't live to fight, fight to live.

Don't live to fight, fight to live.

Tupac Shakur
I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real

I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real

Tupac Shakur
Fear no man but only God

Fear no man but only God

Tupac Shakur
I will live by the gun and die by the gun

I will live by the gun and die by the gun

Tupac Shakur
If they take half the buildings that they use to praise god and give it the motherfuckers who need god we'd be aight

If they take half the buildings that they use to praise god and give it the motherfuckers who need god we'd be aight

Tupac Shakur
Only God can judge me now

Only God can judge me now

Tupac Shakur
I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.

I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.

Tupac Shakur
The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

Tupac Shakur
I did not wanted to become the victim, so became the bully.

I did not wanted to become the victim, so became the bully.

Tupac Shakur
If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.

If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.

Tupac Shakur
The evil the u are the brighter u will get

The evil the u are the brighter u will get

Tupac Shakur
We wouldn't ask why a rose with damaged petals

We wouldn't ask why a rose with damaged petals

Tupac Shakur
Dr Dre All Day

Dr Dre All Day

Tupac Shakur
For every dark night there is a brighter day

For every dark night there is a brighter day

Tupac Shakur
If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play

If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play

Tupac Shakur
Out on bail, fresh outta jail, California dreamin

Out on bail, fresh outta jail, California dreamin

Tupac Shakur
War comes and goes but a soldier stays eternal

War comes and goes but a soldier stays eternal

Tupac Shakur