Marvin J. Ashton Quotes

I am acquainted with a wife and mother who is chained securely at the present time to a life-style of murmuring and criticism. She is the first to point out faults in her husband or to repeat neighborhood gossip. How damaging is a habit that permits fault-finding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention. These chains may appear to be very small, but what misery and woe they can cause!

Gossip is hardly uplifting.

Remember this about any slander. Denial only emphasizes, and gives added importance to falsehood. Let it alone and it will die for want of nourishment.

You work hard, you sacrifice for everything you do, and in one second, someone can tarnish your name - someone can bad-mouth you, and someone can say things. People let all of the good things gets washed away because someone spoke ill of them.

On Rumor's tongue continual slanders ride.

He that easily believes rumors has the principle within him to augment rumors. It is strange to see the ravenous appetite with which some devourers of character and happiness fix upon the sides of the innocent and unfortunate.

Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.

Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.

Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?

Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

Gossip is conversation about people.

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

When people say crazy stuff about me or my family, I don't take it seriously.

Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.

… poison tongues …

Evil news fly faster still than good.

Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick. Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret

I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there.

Trash talk is dangerous, especially when it comes from hearsay.

People are going to talk bad about you no matter who you are.

The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.