Marvin J. Ashton Quotes

Honestly, if I was looking at myself and I cheated, then I'd just think, 'Wow, how disappointing, I actually thought you were better than that.' It's about me and about the kind of man I want to be.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

Hard work breeds self-respect.

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

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

To become the kind of person you want to become, you've got to have discipline. It's easier to keep to your standards 100 percent of the time versus 98 percent of the time.

If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

I try to be a good person - I don't always succeed, but that's what I'm shooting for.

Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the same time try to resist corruption and deception. In other words, I must do my utmost to act in harmony with my conscience and my better self.

Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.

Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.

Integrity is not a given factor in everyone's life. It is a result of self-discipline, inner trust, and a decision to be relentlessly honest in all situations in our lives.

The path to solid, supportive, healthy relationships, self-respect, and a quality life starts with the usually painful decision to do the Right Thing.

I'm happy because - I'm not doing anything deceitful, I think, to my family. I'm successful because I don't have to sleep with one of my friends' girlfriends or wife or something. That's why I'm successful, that's success to me. I'm not dead, I'm not in the gutter - that's success to me.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.