Marvin J. Ashton Quotes

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

… true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in woman's soul. History tells us that every oppressed class gained true liberation from its masters through its own efforts.

The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even back in Grandpa's time there was something to make you want to lie down and go to sleep-they called it work.

Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.

It does not matter what you call the gaoler so long as he has the key that will open the door of your prison! Similarly, as I have the key to release Life from its prison, it does not matter in the least what you call either the key or myself. I am not concerned about the title.

I get out, I get out of all your boxes. I get out, you can't hold me in these chains. I'll get out. Father free me from this bondage. Knowin' my condition is the reason I must change

I do not wish to remove from my present prison to a prison a little larger. I wish to break all prisons.

Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --

Liberate yourself from my vice-like grip!

Freedom from something is not freedom.

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.

Who says I can't be free from all of the things that I used to be?

'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

I've learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.

All real freedom springs from necessity, for it can be gained only through the exercise of the individual will, and that will can be roused to energetic action only by the force of necessity acting upon it from the outside to spur it to effort.

My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.

I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.