We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.
EZRA TAFT BENSONWhen 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.
More Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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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 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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A father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
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Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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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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What would God have me do with my life?
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Satan works through human agents.
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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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The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.
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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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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 live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.
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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 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.
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