Satan works through human agents.
EZRA TAFT BENSONThe leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive…It is estimated that growing children today watch television over twenty-five hours per week.
More Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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Take care of yourselves physically. Guard your health carefully. It is one of our greatest blessings. I especially encourage some type of exercise program so you can stay physically fit and physically capable in proportion to the demands on your body.
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One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.
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Gods’ payment is the best payment.
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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
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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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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.
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It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.
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The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.
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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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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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A father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
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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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Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren’t interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
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