Marvin J. Ashton Quotes

If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

For me, the beauty of a person is a matter of the whole package. You have to look at the whole thing, not just a matter of outward appearance or whatever. It has to do with one's character, personality, upbringing and so on.

I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

God's standard of judgment goes down to the intents of the heart.

God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.

It ain't what you're driving or the clothes that you wear, material possessions won't matter up there. And someday in heaven, when the angels all sing, well these rags that I'm wearin' will be fit for a king.

God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART

One's true worth as a human being is not a matter of outward appearance or title, but derives rather from the breadth of one's spirit. Everything comes down to faith and conviction. It is what is in one's heart, and the substance of one's actions that count.

Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.

I don't really care what a public figure thinks. I care about what he does. Let God probe his inner heart.

Beauty is so within. I don't care if you're the most attractive person on the planet...if you're not good inside, it will show. You fall in love with people from the inside out.

Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God judges them by their moral choices.

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse.

Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.

Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.

And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

What we are is more important than what we have or what is said of us.

Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head.

Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of heart, mind and spirit — qualities which are actually neither masculine nor feminine, but simply human qualities that have been neglected.

Prize not thyself by what thou hast, but by what thou art; he that values a jewel by her golden frame, or a book by her silver clasps, or a man by his vast estate, errs; if thou art not worth more than the world can make thee, thy Redeemer had a bad pennyworth, or thou an uncurious Redeemer.

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as folks thought it did, colored or white, man or woman.