Ezra Taft Benson Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Determination, Fatherhood, Desire

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Desire, Want, Christ

• Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Years, Desire, Foolish

• If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along the way. If we do not consciously select our goals, we may be controlled by goals not of our own choosing - goals imposed by outside pressures (such as the expectations of others) or by our habits (such as procrastination) or by our desire for the approval of the world.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Moving, Procrastination, Long

• Just as a man does not desire food until he is hungry, so does he not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Men, Desire, Doe

• Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Blessed, Desire, Want

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

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Spiritual, Desire, Lord

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• What does the Atonement have to do with missionary work? Any time we experience the blessings of the Atonement in our lives, we cannot help but have a concern for the welfare of others. ... A great indicator of one's personal conversion is the desire to share the gospel with others.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Blessing, Desire, Missionary

• True to form, many of the people who desire to frustrate God's purposes of giving mortal tabernacles to His spirit children through worldwide birth control are the very same people who support the kinds of government that perpetuate famine. They advocate an evil to cure the results of the wickedness they support.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Children, Government, People

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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