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

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Source : Marvin J. Ashton (1987). “Be of Good Cheer”, Deseret Book Co

Marvin J. Ashton

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“Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. You will inevitably make mistakes but at the end of your days, you will be remembered for your gallop, not for your stumble.”
“A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.”

Source : "TPG's Bonderman Sees Mega LBO Coming - $10-15B Deal". SuperReturn conference in Berlin, www.businessinsider.com. March 04, 2011.
“I keep coming back to the phrase "Dance with the system" - not just march onwards no matter what happens.”

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“When with care we have raised an imaginary treasure of happiness, we find at last that the materials of the structure are frail and perishing, and the foundation itself is laid in the sand.”
“I was trying to make them face their fears. Youth spends so much energy trying to forget them. There's the fear of failure in examinations, fear of sex, fear of not getting a job, fear of unpopularity, fear of appearing naÃ¯ve. Youth discovers many bunkholes in which to hide when frightened. They are mostly unhealthy, none of them bombproof.”
“God's revelation... unmasks our illusions about ourselves. It exposes our pride, our individualism, our self-centeredness - in short, our sin. But worship also offers forgiveness, healing, transformation, motivation, and courage to work in the world for God's justice and peace - in short, salvation in its largest sense.”
“I always say about acting: the audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. So if you're able to give them an experience where they feel, 'Oh, my gosh, that's me, that's my story, they know!' then you've done your job.”
“Jeb Bush admitted that he smoked a notable amount of pot in school. He said, 'You would too if your parents had named you 'Jeb.'”

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