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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It's not the wickedness of the pagan that breaks my heart. It's the compromise of the Christian that grieves my soul.
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For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.
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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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The way to have the life we want is to receive more deeply the life we have. Sometimes we keep our own life at arm's length, thinking we'll wait until circumstances improve before giving it all we've got. But life is just a reflection of consciousness, so it's never going to give any more to us than we give to it. Don't wait for a perfect life; breathe in the life that's already perfect.
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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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A vocation makes us unthinking; that is its greatest blessing. For it is a bulwark behind which we are permitted to withdraw whencommonplace doubts and cares assail us.
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You never know where a blessing can come from.
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It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.
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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.
