You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

- Nikki Giovanni

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

- Nikki Giovanni

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

- Nikki Giovanni

There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't exp…

- Nikki Giovanni

The unwillingness to try is worse than any failure.

- Nikki Giovanni

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, …

- Nikki Giovanni

Mistakes are a fact of life. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right.

- Nikki Giovanni

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

- Nikki Giovanni

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

- Nikki Giovanni