Sidney Poitier

I am the me I choose to be. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#life

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#motivational #change

I"ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#anger

So much of life, it seems, is determined by pure randomness. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#philosophy-of-life #life

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#circumstance #every #i #made #me

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#better #better person #every #i #morning

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#been #good #journey #kind #long

I cannot be understood in three minutes. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#i #minutes #three #understood

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#dear #hold #i #lives #man

Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#creatures #despise #generally #human #human behavior