170 Quotes by Sidney Poitier

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.

I wouldn’t change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

Stay from underfoot and don’t get into any trouble. You hear me?” “Yes, ma’am, I hear you.” Due to past experience, she may not have completely believed me. When.

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

A tiny bit of myself is lost when my friends are gone. A tiny bit of myself was lost when my brothers, all but one, passed away.

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.

You don’t have to become something you’re not to be better than you were.

Racism is very painful. That’s life. It never ends.