Peter Scolari Quotes

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

The difficult thing for me is that I want basically to be a good man. That's what I want to be.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

I must admit that I am not generous with weak people. It's not in my nature or in my personality. My parents were not generous with weak people, see?

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

If I can't be happy, nobody can be happy.

I'm doing what I have to do. I want everyone to know that I love them.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes.

My mum is a lovely woman, so strong but so kind and compassionate. She brought us up to be proud, loving and forgiving.

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in.

My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.

I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers, or by using the words 'for ever.' But love can only truly be measured by actions. It can be a small thing, such as peeling an orange for a person you love because you know they don't like doing it.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Gratitude's not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I've spent most of my life as kin to the fist-shaker.

God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.