Sidney Poitier Quotes

What I respect about my dad is he comes forth, and he tells the truth, and he's a very honorable person. I respect him a lot. He, I know deep down, has a good heart.

In my life, I'm just looking for that life of integrity that my father had. I have a good heart; I'm not a heartbreaker.

My dad brought me up to be a good person.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Being a good person and fair person is very important in life, I think.

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

You just couldn't be in George Romney's presence without some of his goodness and integrity wearing off on you.

Underlying all the explanations, intellectual constructions and self-delusions, we can still know a good man when we see one.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

My dad is such a good man, hard-working.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Obviously, you're known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete.

The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say, 'Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.'

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

All I know is, he's a good kid, and he's done right all his life. And he always treats other people right.

As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.