Craig Stevens Quotes

Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

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.

You do what you want and know is right. That is the only law.

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values - and follow my own moral compass - then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

I wanted to look back and say to those coaches, 'You're wrong, I'll be the one who kicks on and makes it'. Only I could change that opinion.

Success, for me, is staying true to who you are and not deviating off a path.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

The time is here for you to stand up for what you know is right. You must judge right from wrong. No longer can you be complacent or go with the flow or wonder what to do. You must decide now which path you will follow and which answer you will give. Decide well in advance, before the pressure is on, what you stand for.

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you.

It seems entirely possible to me that horrible things can be going on without us becoming horrible people.

At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.