Ezra Taft Benson Quotes About Goals

Quotes about: Goals

• The secret of a happy marriage is to serve God and each other. The goal of marriage is unity and oneness, as well as self-development. Paradoxically, the more we serve one another, the greater is our spiritual and emotional growth.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Spiritual, Emotional, Self

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

• If we would truly seek to be more like our Savior and Master, learning to love as He loves should be our highest goal

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Marriage, Goal, Should

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

• When we set goals, we are in command. Clearly understood goals bring our lives into focus just as a magnifying glass focuses a beam of light into a burning point. Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Dream, Glasses, Light

• We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Generosity, Goal, Deals

• When we set goals we are in command. If we know where we are going, we can judge more accurately where we are now and make effective plans to reach our destination.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Generosity, Goal, Judging

• It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark within him. Such characterizations infer that man possesses great abilities and potentials. We are frequently admonished to develop our capabilities, reach out, and set high goals for ourselves.

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  Religious, Men, Generosity

• If we keep a goal firmly in mind, we will know when we have reached it. This gives us a sense of accomplishment and the challenge of establishing fresh, new goals - always keeping the long-range objective in mind. If we can state our goals clearly, we will gain a purpose and meaning in all our actions.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Long, Generosity, Giving

• 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.

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  Moving, Procrastination, Long

• Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Goal, Effort, May

• A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Men, Feet, Goal

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

• From the 5th grade through the 4th year of college, our young people are being indoctrinated with a Marxist philosophy and I am fearful of the harvest. The younger generation is further to the left than most adults realize. The old concepts of our Founding Fathers are scoffed and jeered at by young moderns whose goals appear to be the destruction of integrity and virtue, and the glorification of pleasure, thrills, and self-indulgence.

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  Integrity, Philosophy, Father

• Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Depressing, Goal, Mind

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