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As children of God we are somebody. He will build us, mold us, and magnify us if we will but hold our heads up, our arms out, and walk with him.
Marvin J. Ashton
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Marvin J. Ashton
Age: 78 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 6
Died: 1994
Died: February 25
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I recommend you come to know your Father in Heaven. Come to love Him. Always remember that He loves you and will give you guidance and support if you will but give Him the chance. Include Him in your decision making. Include Him in your heartaches and heartbreaks. Include Him when you take inventory of your personal worth.
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Everything is given by God. All talent, creativity, ability, insight, and strength comes from him. In our own strength we can do nothing.
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Progression and achievement belong to those who have learned to use the opportunity of now. Our strides of today will determine our locations tomorrow.
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Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it the most.
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Resentment and anger are not good for the soul. They are foul things.
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Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains.
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Many marriage tragedies are caused, not by lack of money, but rather by the mismanagement of it.
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Often parents communicate most effectively with their children by the way they listen to and address each other. Their conversations showing gentleness and love are heard by our ever-alert, impressionable children.
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A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift.
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Being of good cheer makes it possible for us to turn all of our sunsets into sunrises.
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Set your goals-without goals you cannot measure your progress. But don’t become frustrated because there are no obvious victories. Remind yourself that striving can be more important than arriving.
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Once upon hearing a friend's bashing comment I said, Did you reach that conclusion on your own, or did it come through prayer?
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We should teach, particularly ourselves, that nobody is a nobody. We are someone, and with God's help we can accomplish all things.
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Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now joy is us and always.
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The direction in which we are moving is more important than where we are at the moment. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way.
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A willingness to practice patience. Patience in communication is that certain ingredient of conduct we hope others will exhibit toward us when we fail to measure up. Our own patience is developed when we are patient with others.
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One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.
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Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our pursuit of perfection. Adversity need have no necessary connection with failure.
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God has given each of us one or more special talents....It is up to each of us to search for and build upon the gifts which God has given.
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