Maury Povich Quotes

I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us.

I believe there's good in everybody.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for people that work, and there are ones that are pathological. But beneath every 'no' lays a 'yes' that had never been broken. I put my life-faith in that.

Our everyday cares, making a living, the crazy rat race of life, often make us forget the value of a good deed. Thus, the goodness that exists within each and every one of us is covered with layer upon layer of indifference and unawareness. In fact, we almost have to be reminded of the fact that goodness is there inside us.

With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.

Even before I did stand-up, I've always been the kind of guy - and I talk about it on stage - who says I like people and I always look for the good in people. I say, 'Every person has something good about them, if you can just find it.'

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

I think there's good in everybody.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad.

The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they'll prove it to you every single day.

I am a person who believes in the good of people and who may have had things influence them to a certain degree, but deep down I think most people are good and would like to be good.

There are a few people who genuinely see the best in everyone.

I choose to believe that there is good in people and that everything is a lesson. Our place on Earth is to go deeper, to somehow get wiser. To have spirit.

I believe people are wonderful. The vast majority of people have never hurt anybody in their lives.

I like to play people who are deeply flawed, and I want to find the good nature in them. I even try to be kind to myself when I've made big mistakes.

I am an optimist, and I try to think that the light will always prevail in any situation, so it doesn't really make me sad about humanity because I think, deep down, everybody is full of love and light.

The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.

It's so nice to see that one's opinion of humanity is accurately gauged.

I firmly believe there are no bad people.

It takes a certain amount of courage to not be pessimistic. I'd like to believe there is good in everyone.

There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may grow in the unlikeliest of places, as the mountain flower forces its way through the stern rock.