“If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Self-pity NEVER leads to happiness. Avoid it like it’s a zombie plague.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“If I had a dime for every time I heard someone say that they’re tired of a genre (zombies) because it’s only a fad, I’d be rich. #DeadRising”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Not worried about yesterday. No sense worrying about tomorrow. Today, I conquer. Join me. #Namaste #CarpeDiem #Push”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Let your passion bleed through your work. No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“He was drop-dead gorgeous and I, well I was just … dead.” (Tera Hightower, Dead Chick Walking)”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“When you get some free time, write. When you get some lazy time, plan. When you get down time, world build. When your time comes, shine!”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Don’t let the way people are, disrupt your day. Understand them for who they are, the good & the bad, but keep a bond with Serenity.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, ‘relax. Exhale. Say, ‘I can do this!’ And then do it.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Sometimes, all it takes is your smile (even if forced) & a domino effect of smiles happen … infectious.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“If you get to a point where something happens today to stress you out, take a breath & center your thoughts on peace. Ignored thoughts die.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Compensate the lack of love from the world with an abundance of self-love. Work on happiness inside. The external world will respond.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Our worst can become our best if mistakes are gathered like twigs of a bird’s nest, giving one true foundation, a spiritual home to build their life upon.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Didn’t care if I wasn’t paid for working after school for seven months teaching a 9th grader to read, but when he finally could, priceless! The best times in my life were when I went way beyond my paygrade to service students in need.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“My first day of teaching, I got hit in the head with a bandstand & needed 4 stitches. Welcome to #NYCity teaching in the 90s.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“If their students aren’t learning, then they are not teaching. Adapt to global, auditory, tactile & visual learners.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Writing fulfils an insatiable drive. Finishing the story satisfies my thirst. But I must keep drinking until the story quenches a buyer.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation of ideologies.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“If you’re lonely when he’s around, happiest when he’s sad, and angry when he’s overjoyed, get a new life. Without him.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Sometimes healing comes after helping someone that is going through the same trauma you went through. Help yourself by helping others.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“A path toward Truth is darkness; a journey through the woods, at night, blindfolded. Find ‘Self’ & you can find Light with eyes closed.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Life gets so ridiculous, you just have to brush it off like sand and laugh. I think the laughter is good medicine for crap-itis.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“The best thing about this journey is I know I have it in me to keep going. Battle-tested, you know? Now, my heart laughs at the word ‘quit’.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“I honor the past. I’m loyal to the future. But I fight with the present. Since NOW’s where I belong, every battle’s fought with urgency.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“November 20th, 2013. A new beginning. A new day. Reborn. Time to grow. Hello world! I am yours. Feed me, I am full of curiosity. Awakened.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“If your students aren’t learning, then maybe you’re not teaching.”
— Ace Antonio Hall
“Whatever unspeakable act done to you, write it down, read it, then ball up the paper & sling it hard into the wall. Expunge it from your soul”
— Ace Antonio Hall