No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’
EZRA TAFT BENSONPride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
More Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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What would God have me do with my life?
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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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While you are going through your trial, you can recall your past victories and coul the blessings that you do have with a sure hope of greater ones to allow if you are faithful.
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A father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.
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Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.
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The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
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Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
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We can and should place special emphasis on developing in our youth constructive incentives — a love of science, engineering, and math, so that they will want to take advanced scientific courses and thereby help meet the needs of our times.
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Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one’s family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.
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If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.
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When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.
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Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
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Nothing will surprise us more than when we get to heaven and see the Father and realize how well we know Him and how familiar His face is to us.
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