T.I. Quotes - Page 3

I always tried to work hard and stay focused, and just use one opportunity to contribute to the next.

Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.

Brain so good could've sworn you went to college

They’re like,‘If you have an opinion against us, we’re gonna shut you down.' That’s not American. If you’re gay you should have the right to be gay in peace, and if you’re against it you should have the right to be against it in peace.

I can only hope that one day soon we'll understand our true economic buying power by investing in our own communities and putting our money into businesses that keep our dollars in our community.

I dont care what you do fo you respect, but i would die for mine

I know what it's like to feel hopeless and to feel like you're not good enough just because of where you're from. I know what it's like to be profiled and to be abused by the police. I know what it's like to be racially profiled, treated unjustly and abused by the police just because of how you look.

You have to surpass the levels of success that you have already achieved, and that's the challenge. But, it's a welcome challenge. I appreciate it because it brings the best out of me.

Im either running from life or im just waiting to die im the supplier or fire if you chasing a high.

We cannot afford to not stick and work together for the betterment of our community.

If we don't acknowledge and accept where we are failing, then we'll never do the work that it takes to make it right for US.

I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble.

We are the benefactors of too much sacrifice and blood, sweat and tears to allow petty differences and trivial discrepancies to continue to separate and divide US, while we are being used, exploited and conquered.

As long as there's a demand for gangsta rap, it will be supplied.

I got most of my style from people around me who I knew personally.

When you ask me who I look up to and who I can admire for their style right now, I have to choose from people that represent what I represent stylistically.

We can no longer afford to be entertained beyond the point of accountability. We can't keep selling each other out and be willing to do anything to be seen, to be famous or to be rich.

We've somehow allowed ourselves to think it's okay to neglect and abandon our responsibility to ourselves and to our community. Everything cannot be blamed on the system.

Hawaii ain't a bad place to work.

I give the niggaz what they came to see, a reflection of one self where they aim to be.

While there's currently great turmoil, there is even greater opportunity for US to work together to transform our community. Far too many of our children are fatherless, far too many of our mothers are standing in the prison waiting rooms and far too many of our young people feel hopeless.

Every one of us must do something to contribute to transforming our community for the better.

If I think of something, half-way into it, I can throw it in there and it won't be so far down the line that it would be insignificant. However, I also like to completely focus on something for a certain period of time, and then be able to move on to something else.

Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.

Our obsession with material things and lack of self-worth is evident in our need for an abundance of momentary luxuries and must-have amenities that have no true value for real, man. And I mean, we do it just to impress people that could care less if your children or your children's children have anything left to show for your life after you gone.