We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in that simply because we were denied education and dealt with enforced illiteracy. But people seem to always forget that literacy is not the only way of learning things or conveying knowledge.
You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts. - Nikki Giovanni
You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.
- 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
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…
The unwillingness to try is worse than any failure. - Nikki Giovanni
The unwillingness to try is worse than any failure.
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
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, …
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
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.
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. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right.
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. - Nikki Giovanni
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. - Nikki Giovanni
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't. - Nikki Giovanni
She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.
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