“I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try.”
"We love because it’s the only true adventure."
- Nikki Giovanni
Love
"I like being the moon to your sun."
- Nikki Giovanni
Love
"Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity, and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations."
- Nikki Giovanni
Love
"Mistakes are a fact of life. It's the response to error that counts."
- Nikki Giovanni
Creativity
"I am so hip even my errors are correct."
- Nikki Giovanni
Self-confidence
"You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character."
Failure
"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."
- Thomas Edison
Failure
"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success."
- Arianna Huffington
Failure
"Trying is the first step toward failure."
- Homer Simpson
Failure
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
- Truman Capote
Failure