Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.
Quotes to Explore
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The temple and the holy ordinances are indeed sacred, and we should be spiritually sensitive to them. It is a sacred blessing to attend the temple to worship the Lord.
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Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
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Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.
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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.
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And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.
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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
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I was told it might be quite difficult to conceive, so it really was a great blessing when my pregnancy suddenly happened. I had been diagnosed years ago with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which can affect your fertility - but luckily, in my case, it didn't.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for every single day.
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We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.
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Be thankful for all your blessings. An appreciative person makes a pleasant and optimistic person.
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I'm able to sign my name to the paintings. That is really a blessing.
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As we give, so shall we receive. Service does not mean self-sacrifice. It means giving the needs of another person the same priority as our own.
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We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.
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As it is more blessed to receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.
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Well, we have seen a wonder. We ought to count our blessings.
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Wickedness is nourished by lust.
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No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise.
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Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.
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He was so much in love with me that I could have asked him for the moon and stars, and he would have gathered them for me.
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Whenever you try to pick market tops and bottoms, you are making a prediction. Guessing what stock is going to outperform the market is forecasting, as is selling a stock for no apparent reason. Indeed, nearly all capital decisions made by most people are unconscious predictions.
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Destination Kampala! Africa’s postcolonial renaissance.” There would have been few other places in the world where there was such an excitement about new literature, new ideas, and new politics. The inspiration arrived at this conference for a new publishing imprint of literary titles called the African Writers Series, which was soon launched by Heinemann in the U.K., with Achebe as the series editor. The excitement reached as far as my high school in Dar, where literary competitions were held, new drama was produced, and a parade of literary luminaries passed through, including Chinua Achebe.
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One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.
