Ezra Taft Benson Quotes - Page 13

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• In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.

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  Pride, Scripture, Sin

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• Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

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  Spiritual, Desire, Lord

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Satan works through human agents.

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  Agents, Satan, Humans

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• It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.

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  Mother, Children, Home

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need.

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  Home, Mean, Self

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.

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  Art, Children, Home

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are perfect. They know us best and love us most and will not leave one thing undone for our eternal welfare. Should we not love them for it and honor them first?

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  Jesus, Brother, Father

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• A missionary should never permit himself to see a movie or (read) cheap literature, or hear music that tends to interfere with or which dampens the spirit of missionary work. There is ample evidence that rock music is offensive to the Spirit and affects adversely the spirituality of the missionaries and thus the success of the proselyting work.

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  Rocks, Missionary, Literature

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• We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn't cost anything, and it is so easy to cultivate.

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  Gratitude, Strong, Real

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

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• One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she becomes insensitive to his Creator or fellow beings. It is a cause for discontent, divorce, teenage rebellion, family indebtedness, and most other problems we face.

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  Teenage, Women, Divorce

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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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  Believe, Successful, Intelligent

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• A father’s duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.

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  Father, Home, Joy

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ

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  Jesus, Knees, Tongue

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.

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  Boys, Two, Feet

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.

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  Leader, Enthusiasm

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• Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord.

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  Prayer, Despair, Lord

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• The Book of Mormon is also the keystone of the doctrine of the Resurrection. As mentioned before, the Lord Himself has stated that the Book of Mormon contains the "fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ".

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  Jesus, Children, Book

  "The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson".

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• Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

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  Pride, Sin Of Pride, Approach

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• It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

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  Mother, Children, Needs

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• A mother's role is God-ordained. Mothers are to conceive, bear, nourish, love, and train. They are to be helpmates and are to counsel with their husbands.

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  Mother, Husband, Roles

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• The expression "follow the Brethren" has a broader meaning than some would apply to it. It means not only to agree with the counsel given to the Church by the Brethren, but also to follow their example in appearance and deportment.

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  Mean, Expression, Church

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• We can choose to humble ourselves by confessing and forsaking our sins and being born of God.

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  Humble, Sin Of Pride, Born

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• Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?

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  Brother, Trying, Motive

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• Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.

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  Hands, Baptism, Exaltation

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven.

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  Daughter, Father, Son

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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