“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
"Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way."
- Nikki Giovanni
Belief in Self
"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