Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being. - Sidney Poitier
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
- Sidney Poitier
I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it. - Sidney Poitier
I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.
You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were. - Sidney Poitier
You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.
I am the me I choose to be. - Sidney Poitier
I am the me I choose to be.
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life. - Sidney Poitier
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better. - Sidney Poitier
A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.
When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours. - Sidney Poitier
When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours.
If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man. - Sidney Poitier
If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.
We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections. - Sidney Poitier
We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.
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