Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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There is no greater Church calling than that of a home teacher. There is no greater Church service rendered to our Father in Heaven's children than the service rendered by a humble, dedicated, committed home teacher.
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Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
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Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.
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To their duty to God, youth should realize their duty to our country. They should love and honor the Constitution of the United States, the basic concepts and principles upon which this nation has been established. Yes, they need to develop a love for our free institutions.
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Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and recitals, to school programs, and so forth. Having Dad there makes all the difference.
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No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist.
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Successful families try to work together toward solutions instead of resorting to criticism and contention.
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I counsel you, in the words of Jesus Christ, to "watch and pray I always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he may sift you as wheat" (3 Nephi 18:18). If you will earnestly seek guidance from your Heavenly Father, morning and evening, you will be given the strength to shun any temptation.
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Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
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I have a vision of the whole Church getting nearer to God by abiding by the precepts of the Book of Mormon.
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
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Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.
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Satan knows that youth is the springtime of life when all things are new and young people are most vulnerable.
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Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death.
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From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lord's counsel, wheat should have high priority. Water, of course, is essential. Other basics could include honey or sugar, legumes, milk products or substitutes, and salt or its equivalent.
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Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ.
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Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can.
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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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I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein.
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When you choose to follow Christ, you choose to be changed.
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Many of us have a tendency to forget the Gracious Hand which has preserved our nation, enriched it, strengthened it. Many of us imagine in the foolishness of pride, that our manifold blessings are due not to God's goodness, but to our own wisdom and virtue. Too many of us have been so drunk with self-sufficiency as no longer to feel the need of prayer.
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We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor. In this way he can bring discouragement and surrender. But we must not lose hope. The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him. Though we may see that we have far to go on the road to perfection, we must not give up hope.
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Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord.
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True repentance involves a change of heart and not just a change of behavior.