Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

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

Ezra Taft Benson

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• There are a lot of people who will tell you I'm very ruthless. I'm very fierce. If I feel I'm right, if I feel I've been violated, then I am like a warrior from hell!

  

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• We came up short on offense and that's on me.

  

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• Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.

  

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• A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

  

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• If you want to have any success in politics, sing softly and carry a big guitar.

  

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• Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.

  

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• It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman.

  

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• The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy, moreover, is likely to be perverse. High interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure, as well as inhibiting the expansion of capacity or the introduction of cost -reducing capital improvements.

  

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• I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

  

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• Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection, our gratitude for all His mercies, our penitence for our sins, our hope in His forgiving love, our submission to His authority, our confidence in His care, our desires for His favour, and for the providential and spiritual blessings needed for ourselves and others.

  

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• We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires, moderate our anger, always remembering that an individual can attain only an infinitesimal share in anything that is worth having; and that on the other hand, everyone must incur many of the ills of life.

  

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• My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.

  

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

  

  Ezra Taft Benson
  • Desires
  • Love Of God
  • Rooted