Nikki Giovanni

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#far #follow #how #image #matter

For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#i #life #most #my life #myself

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#am #business #business people #generation #good

I appreciate and enjoy my age. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#appreciate #enjoy #i

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#childhood #daddy #dishes #earned #garden

I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#bird #i #learning #lot #spend

I'm just totally fascinated by people. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#i #just #people #totally

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. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#failure #forgive #i #imagine #life

If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#believe #feel #know #reader #talking

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#make #poor #sacred #sacred cows #very