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Ezra Taft Benson

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.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Desire Determination Fatherhood
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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Children Grow Today
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
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Character Foundation Virtue
I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.
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Enthusiasm Leader People Say
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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Funny Marriage Thinking Wish
Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.
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Magazine Record Television
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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Better Get Justice Temptation
Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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Effort Goal May Unproductive
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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Offend Wish Proud
To be a successful missionary one must have the Spirit of the Lord. We are also taught that the Spirit will not dwell in unclean tabernacles. Therefore, one of the first things a missionary must do to gain spirituality is to make sure his own personal life is in order.
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Missionary Order Successful
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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Face Father Heaven Surprise
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.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Blessing Body Exercise
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Communication Humility Kids
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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Motherhood Responsibility School
Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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Desire Lord Spiritual
We will not know Him, until we become like him.
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