Ezra Taft Benson Quotes (100 quotes)

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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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„The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the head of the home and create rebellion among the children.“
Picture of quotation author Ezra Taft Benson
„Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.“
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„Beguiling voices in the world cry out for 'alternative lifestyles' for women. They maintain that some women are better suited for careers than for marriage and motherhood.“
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„America, North and South, is a choice land, a land reserved for God's own purposes.“
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„Students at universities are sometimes so filled with the doctrines of the world they begin to question the doctrines of the gospel.“
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„If someone wants to marry you outside the temple, whom will you strive to please - God or a mortal? If you insist on a temple marriage, you will be pleasing the Lord and blessing the other party.“
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„Attractive labels are usually attached to the most dangerous programs, often in the name of public welfare and personal security.“
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„Young people especially sometimes feel that the standards of the Lord are like fences and chains, blocking them from those activities that seem most enjoyable in life.“
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„Sound principles and eternal truths need to be frequently repeated so that we do not forget their application nor become dissuaded by other arguments.“
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„God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants us to be miserable as he is. God gives us commandments to bless us. The devil would have us break these commandments to curse us.“
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„I testify to you that God's pay is the best pay that this world or any other world knows anything about.“
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„Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.“
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„Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.“
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„What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. Surely when you love your wife with all your heart, you cannot demean her, criticize her, find fault with her, or abuse her by words, sullen behavior, or actions.“
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„Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.“
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„Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.“
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„What a gift it would be to receive at Christmastime a greater knowledge of the Lord. What a gift it would be to share that knowledge with others.“
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„When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition.“
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„Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.“

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Ezra Taft Benson
Author born: August 04, 1899
Author died: May 30, 1994
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Leader

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