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A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift.
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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Good cheer is a state of mind or mood that promotes happiness or joy... With God’s help, good cheer permits us to rise above the depressing present or difficult circumstances. It is a process of positive reassurance and reinforcement. It is sunshine when clouds block the light.
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Where you have been is not nearly as important as where you are and where you're going.
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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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Love should be a vehicle allowed to travel without limitations.
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Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it most. Love is not appropriately expressed in threats, accusations, expressions of disappointment, or retaliation. Real love takes time, patience, help, and continuing performances.
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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
Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.
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Commitment is a word that cannot stand alone. We must always ask, Committed to what? . . . . let us be committed to . . . using Jesus Christ as our master teacher.
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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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How often have we ourselves said or have heard others exclaim in times of crisis or trouble, 'I just don't know where to turn'? If we will just use it, there is a gift available to all of us-the gift of looking to God for direction. Here is an avenue of strength, comfort, and guidance.
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The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making do. The wise person can distinguish...between basic needs and extravagant wants. Some find budgeting extremely painful, but I promise you, it is never fatal.
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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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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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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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All of us need to be constantly reminded it takes a heap of living and loving to make a house a home.
Marvin J. Ashton
Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive.
Marvin J. Ashton
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.
Marvin J. Ashton
The world is filled with too many of us who are inclined to indicate our love with an announcement or declaration. True love is a process. True love requires personal action. Love must be continuing to be real. Love takes time.
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When a mother asked her small child how he fell out of bed, he answered, Because I wasn't in far enough. Let me just say in passing that it has been my experience that most people who fall out of the Church do so because they were not in far enough.
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Tact is rubbing out another's mistakes, not rubbing them in.
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