Top 90 Marvin J. Ashton Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

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2. “Leave people better than you found them.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

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3. “Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

4. “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

5. “True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something. This can be done by being committed to lofty goals. We cannot become something without commitment.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

6. “The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

7. “Proper communication will always be a main ingredient for building family solidarity and permanence.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

8. “Look for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

9. “Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

10. “Satan is ever present, trying to destroy our glory and remove our crown. One of his most powerful tools is discouragement. Don’t let your discouragement make Satan rejoice.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

11. “Financial peace of mind is not determined by how much we make, but is dependent upon how much we spend!”

— Marvin J. Ashton

12. “Everything is given by God. All talent, creativity, ability, insight, and strength comes from him. In our own strength we can do nothing.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

13. “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

14. “One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

15. “Do not doubt your abilities. Do not delay your worthy impressions. With God’s help, you cannot fail. He will give you the courage to participate in meaningful change and purposeful living.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

16. “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

17. “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

18. “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.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

19. “Punctuality or the lack thereof oftentimes is the only introduction one will ever have to new groups and friends. Serenity and poise are not the companions of those who lack the courtesy and judgment to be on time.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

20. “How damaging is a habit that permits faultfinding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

21. “If we would know true love and understanding one for another, we must realize that communication is more than a sharing of words. It is the wise sharing of emotions, feelings, and concerns. It is the sharing of oneself totally.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

22. “God knows the feelings in every human heart. He can soften sorrow and lead when there seems to be no light. Prayer can give guidance and confidence. It reminds us that no one need be alone in this world. If all else fails, remember, God and one other person can be a family.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

23. “Progression and achievement belong to those who have learned to use the opportunity of now. Our strides of today will determine our locations tomorrow.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

24. “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

25. “God’s love for us is constant and will not diminish, but he cannot rescue us from the painful results that are caused by wrong choices.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

26. “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.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

27. “If you have self-respect, you will take satisfaction in being well groomed and will not allow yourself to perform shabbily. You will continue to work toward high standards and goals to serve others, to continue and to practice self-discipline. You will not compromise your standards or beliefs.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

28. “Constant criticism can wear one down and weaken knees.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

29. “Striving can be more important than arriving.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

30. “True love is a process. True love requires personal action.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

31. “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.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

32. “Day-to-day acts of service, whether for good or evil, may not seem important, but they are building cords of love that become so strong they can seldom be broken. Ours is to place our areas of love in proper perspective. Meaningful love always works for our eternal progress and not against it.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

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33. “Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

34. “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

35. “A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize the good life is simply conforming to a standard of right and justice. The joys of happiness can only be realized by living lofty principles.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

36. “Procrastination is a deadly weapon of human progress.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

37. “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.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

38. “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

39. “A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

40. “It is up to each of us to search for and build upon the gifts which God has given. We must remember that each of us is made in the image of God, that there are no unimportant persons. Everyone matters to God and to his fellowmen.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

41. “What a spiritual comfort and blessing it is to know that, if we look to our Savior Jesus Christ and endure to the end, eternal life and exaltation can be ours. Our capacity to see and comprehend is increased only in proportion to our willingness to look. God becomes more approachable as we look to him.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

42. “Resentment and anger are not good for the soul. They are foul things.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

43. “Being of good cheer makes it possible for us to turn all of our sunsets into sunrises.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

44. “Adversity will surface in every life. How we meet it makes the difference.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

45. “Where you have been is not nearly as important as where you are and where you’re going.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

46. “Leaders on every level should be primarily interested in rendering compassionate caring for others.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

47. “God grant to all of us the power and strength to be people of integrity, and the insight and wisdom to avoid being led into the snares of the dishonest.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

48. “The difference between those who are committed and those who are not is the difference between the words want and will.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

49. “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.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

50. “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