Marvin J. Ashton Quotes

Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.

I've been able to stay good because of my family and keeping God first. If you don't have God in your life, how are you going to navigate through this world?

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

For me it's always God, family, and then my work.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights beyond music.

My childhood beliefs became so much a part of me that even today I find myself automatically living by a personal standard of conduct which can only be explained as resulting from my religious training.

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

My faith is my life. It defines me. My faith doesn’t influence my decisions; it drives them.

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system.

I am not that savvy, to be honest. I know what I believe in, and I try to follow people who do the same.

I think for those of us who think that our morality is something that needs to be in touch with our religious faith personally, then it's really important to explain that no one party has a monopoly on faith.

In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.

I believe in the Bible and I try to follow the Bible. I know I'm an imperfect person … I'm not making myself an angel because I'm not an angel and I'm not a devil either. I try to be the best I can and I try to do what I think is right.

Trust me, I have not earned your dear rebuke, I love, as you would have me, God the most; Would lose not Him, but you, must one be lost, Nor with Lot's wife cast back a faithless look Unready to forego what I forsook; This say I, having counted up the cost, This, tho' I be the feeblest of God's host, The sorriest sheep Christ shepherds with His crook. Yet while I love my God the most, I deem That I can never love you overmuch; I love Him more, so let me love you too; Yea, as I apprehend it, love is such I cannot love you if I love not Him. I cannot love Him if I love not you.

My mother's bottom line was truth to her values. It meant bringing your heart and your humanity to work.

Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.

God is a good choice to lean on. He has a proven record of faithfulness to those who commit their lives to Him.

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion.

All men who have ideals . . . live by some kind of faith, by committing themselves to some kind of loyalty which is not universally recognized as the common property of all thinking men. They must have something-something outside themselves, to make them feel life is worth living, that good rather than evil is the explanation of the world.

Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.

Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility are principles. There are dozens and dozens more. They are not hard to identify. Just as a compass always points to true north, your heart will recognize true principles.

Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.