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.
EZRA TAFT BENSONFaith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
More Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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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.’
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“On my honor” – what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout’s Oath.
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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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If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.
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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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Satan works through human agents.
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One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?
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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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What would God have me do with my life?
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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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When you are tempted to look elsewhere for greener pastures, just remember someone else is probably looking at yours. And if another pasture looks greener, perhaps it is getting better care and attention. Grass is always greener . . . where it is watered.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.
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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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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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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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