Sean Paul Quotes

To see old faces, to give back to the kids and let them know I come from these same schools and streets, and they can make it out, too, that's my biggest message to them.

I expect if you are going to come out of the shadows, then you're going to want to have some type of hope in the future that you're going to improve your life and, yes, accomplish that American Dream.

In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.

Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.

It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said 'you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here.' I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am.

City Year resonated with me because when I grew up, we were poor - and an education is a way out of poverty. It's a way out of the current situation that can seem isolating and hopeless for some kids.

I am the perfect example that if you give somebody a chance, especially here in the United States, one can find the way.

College allows you to make better decisions, better friends, and a better future. There's only one catch: when the opportunity comes, you actually have to take it.

Money should never be a barrier to whether or not a young person is given the opportunity to succeed.

I just wanted to speak to the streets and give them motivation on making it out. Whatever situation they're in, know that they can make do and have a better life.

Education is the key to a bright future.

You have to have faith in yourself, keep believing and sticking to the game plan, and hope when the chance does come, one of you will put it away.

I was just a kid. I had nothing to my name but I was still happy. But I was also given a chance to pursue my dreams, have an education.

Everyone is entitled to reach for the stars.

It's very important for me to show younger kids that when opportunities are there, you have to jump on them.

I think that kids who are at smaller schools or don't have offers from big schools can look at my story and continue to work hard. I preach to them that it doesn't matter where you come from: it matters how you play and how you apply yourself.

That's what I tell all the kids who come to my summer camps: 'You'll get a shot; it's about what you do with it.'

We must provide our kids with the skills they need to stay and succeed here in Maine - that's something we all agree on.

You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

The American dream means that you have the chance to work hard, get an education and do great things for yourself, for your kids. The great thing in American is it doesn't matter what your last name is, doesn't matter if you're wealthy.

Every challenge is a disguised opportunity for salvation.

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.

My teacher says that everything that you want in the world is one step away, you just have to figure out which direction to step in.