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.
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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We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.
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Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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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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I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.
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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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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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Freedom is an eternal principle. Heaven disapproves of force, coercion and intimidation. Only a free people can be truly a happy people.
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Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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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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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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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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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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Satan works through human agents.
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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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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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