The difference between those who are committed and those who are not is the difference between the words want and will. Marvin J. Ashton More Quotes by Marvin J. Ashton More Quotes From Marvin J. Ashton Shaking off restrictive chains requires action. They cannot be wished away. A declaration will never break chains. It requires commitment, self-discipline, and work. Marvin J. Ashton disciplineselfcommitment Straightway is a power word. Straightway is an action word. It means immediately, without delay or hesitation. It means at once. Also, it is associated with having no curve or turn-a straight course, track, or path. Procrastination would be the very opposite of straightway. To procrastinate is to put off intentionally and habitually something that should be done. Procrastination is unproductive delay. Marvin J. Ashton curvesprocrastinationmean A willingness to vocalize feelings. How important it is to be willing to voice one's thoughts and feelings. Yes, how important it is to be able to converse on the level of each family member. Too often we are inclined to let family members assume how we feel toward them. Often wrong conclusions are reached. Very often we could have performed better had we known how family members felt about us and what they expected. Marvin J. Ashton voicefeelingslove Listening is more than being quiet. Listening is much more than silence. Listening requires undivided attention. The time to listen is when someone needs to be heard. The time to deal with a person with a problem is when he has the problem. The time to listen is the time when our interest and love are vital to the one who seeks our ear, our heart, our help, and our empathy. Marvin J. Ashton empathysilenceheart 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. Marvin J. Ashton communicationpracticelistening The discerning realize that it is not realistic to expect perfection in others when none of us is perfect...Meaningful progress can be made only when all of us can cast the motes out of our own eyes, leave judgment to our Father in Heaven, and lose ourselves in righteous living. Marvin J. Ashton eyemeaningfulfather Leave people better than you found them. Marvin J. Ashton forgiving-heartnursingpeople Adversity will surface in some form in every life. How we prepare for it, how we meet it, makes the difference. We can be broken by adversity, or we can become stronger. The final result is up to the individual'. Marvin J. Ashton adversitydifferencesbroken Give no time to finding fault of criticism. Marvin J. Ashton faultscriticismgiving Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates. Marvin J. Ashton disciplineintelligentself Resentment and anger are not good for the soul. They are foul things. Marvin J. Ashton foulresentmentsoul In times of hurt and discouragement, it may be consoling for all of us to recall that no one can do anything permanently to us that will last for eternity. Only we ourselves can affect our eternal progression. Marvin J. Ashton hurtcouragemay Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended. Marvin J. Ashton offendedblessed 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. Marvin J. Ashton parentlisteningchildren Someone has said, “A friend is a person who is willing to take me the way I am.” Accepting this as one definition of the word, may I quickly suggest that we are something less than a real friend if we leave a person the same way we find him. Marvin J. Ashton definitionsrealmay We should teach, particularly ourselves, that nobody is a nobody. We are someone, and with God's help we can accomplish all things. Marvin J. Ashton self-esteemshouldhelping Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said. Marvin J. Ashton wisemenneeds It takes personal sacrifice to communicate when conditions are right for the other person-during the meal preparation, after a date, a hurt, a victory, a disappointment, or when someone wants to share a confidence. One must be willing to forego personal convenience to invest time in establishing a firm foundation for family communication. When communication in the family seems to be bogging down, each individual should look to himself for the remedy. Marvin J. Ashton communicationdisappointmenthurt Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it the most. Marvin J. Ashton deserve-lovesometimesneeds Enduring, or carrying on, is not just a matter of tolerating circumstances and hanging in there, but of pressing forward. Marvin J. Ashton carrying-ondeterminationmatter
