I grew up believing that the willingness and ability to work is the basic ingredient of successful farming. Hard, intelligent work is the key. Use it, and your chances for success are good.
EZRA TAFT BENSONEvery man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
More Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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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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It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness
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The 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.
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We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.
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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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We will not know Him, until we become like him.
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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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Satan works through human agents.
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Gods’ payment is the best payment.
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Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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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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Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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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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What would God have me do with my life?
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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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