“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.
EZRA TAFT BENSONWe will not know Him, until we become like him.
More Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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Gods’ payment is the best payment.
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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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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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I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.
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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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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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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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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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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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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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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 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 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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We will not know Him, until we become like him.
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