Quotes About Integrity

I feel like a lot of people that have been in similar situations as I have, reality TV stars, you can make a packaged version of yourself if you want to - I just don't work that way. I can't do it.

Nothing I say is harsh. What I do say is the truth. If people have a problem with that, they need to realize that's on them. That's not on me.

One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you.

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.

That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.

One of the pivotal moments for me was realizing that our 'food with integrity' approach at Chipotle was satisfying my passion. That's about bringing the best quality, sustainably-raised ingredients to everyone: chicken without antibiotics; beef without hormones. These ingredients were only available in high-end restaurants, not mainstream places.

I'm undeniably myself, and I think realizing that is the way to live life.

Fairness is what justice really is.

What really matters is what's on the inside.

I really don't have time for nonsense.

A man really determines himself by what he does.

Sport crosses party lines and ethnic lines. It occupies a greater realm, and it's all the more disappointing when sports figures turn out to be like everyone else.

Leaders in the realm of religious activity are to be judged by their praying habits and not by their money or social position. Those who must be placed in the forefront of the Church's business must be, first of all, men who know how to pray.

A man will talk all day about the woman he wants, but should he come across that woman, he'll do something stupid like cheat on her with the kind of woman he was trying to get away from in the first place. It's not a lot of second chances granted in the realm of that.

In the political realm, when I say I'm going to give everything, that means I'll represent the people to the best of my ability.

Listen to realness in my music before you judge me.

That's one thing I can't lose: I can't lose the realness in my music.

You can't have friendships that aren't based on realness.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.

We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

You can't tell me to stop being me. As long as there's something out there for me, or somebody offers me something that's reasonable, people that I want to fight, not just anybody, it's gotta make sense... but as long as those fights come around, I will continue to keep being me.