Ezra Taft Benson Quotes - Page 14

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• In general, the more food we eat in its natural state - without additives - and the less it is refined, the healthier it will be for us. Food can affect the mind, and deficiencies of certain elements in the body can promote mental depression.

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  Mind, Elements, Body

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• Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer - can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.

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  Prayer, Simple, Comfort

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

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

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  Spiritual, Desire, Lord

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

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• I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.

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  Drama, Book, Character

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• Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.

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  Dresses, Saint, Modesty

  Ezra Taft Benson (1990). “Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice”, Shadow Mountain

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• It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

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  Mother, Children, Needs

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• Without Christ there would be no Christmas and without Christ there can be no fulness of JOY

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  Joy, Would Be, Christ

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

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• In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner.

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  Husband, Home, Able

  Ezra Taft Benson (1990). “Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice”, Shadow Mountain

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• Only Jesus Christ is uniquely qualified to provide that hope, that confidence, and that strength we need to overcome the world and rise above our human failings. To do so, we must place our faith in Him and live by His laws and teachings.

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  Jesus, Teaching, Law

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• In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.

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  Pride, Scripture, Sin

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• Satan works through human agents.

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  Agents, Satan, Humans

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• Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

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  Pride, Sin Of Pride, Approach

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• Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord.

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  Prayer, Despair, Lord

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• Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

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  Storm, Saving, Financial

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

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• For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay tithes and a generous fast offering; be industrious; and have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Today there are compelling reasons to reemphasize this counsel.

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  Religious, Compelling Reason, Offering

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• Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him.

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  Teacher, Teaching

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

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• God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are perfect. They know us best and love us most and will not leave one thing undone for our eternal welfare. Should we not love them for it and honor them first?

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  Jesus, Brother, Father

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• Families must spend more time together in work and recreation.

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  Pyramids, Together, More Time

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• Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance. Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed.

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  Adventure, Age, Body

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

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• A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony of its truthfulness, and who applies its teachings will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and will be a mighty tool in the hands of the Lord.

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  Book, Teaching, Hands

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• All through the ages prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our day. Billions of the deceased and those yet to be born have their eyes on us. Make no mistake about it...this is a marked generation. There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short time than there is of us.

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  Mistake, Eye, Our Generation

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• A mother's role is God-ordained. Mothers are to conceive, bear, nourish, love, and train. They are to be helpmates and are to counsel with their husbands.

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  Mother, Husband, Roles

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• It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.

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  Mother, Children, Home

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

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• The Church has no double standard of morality. The moral code of heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.

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  Men, Heaven, Church

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

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• Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven.

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  Daughter, Father, Son

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

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